Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia

Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia
Ministerpräsident des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen
Coat of arms
Incumbent Hendrik Wüst since 27 October 2021
Status	Head of state Head of government
Member of	Cabinet Landtag
Residence	State Chancellery
Nominator	President of the Landtag
Appointer	Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia
Inaugural holder	Rudolf Amelunxen
Formation	24 July 1946
Deputy	Mona Neubaur
Salary	€210,000 per annum
Website	Official website

The Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia (German: Ministerpräsident des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen), also referred to as Premier or Prime Minister, is the head of government of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW). The position was created in 1946, when the British administration merged the Prussian province of Westphalia and the northern part of the Prussian province of the Rhine (North Rhine) to form the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. In 1947 the state was expanded with including of the state of Lippe.

The current Minister-President is Hendrik Wüst, heading a coalition government between the Christian Democratic Union and Alliance 90/The Greens. Wüst succeeded Armin Laschet following his resignation in 2021.^[1]

The office of the Minister President is known as the State Chancellery (German: Staatskanzlei), and is located in the capital of Düsseldorf, along with the rest of the cabinet departments.