Minister President of Saxony-Anhalt | |
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Ministerpräsident des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt | |
since 19 April 2011 | |
Residence | Magdeburg |
Appointer | Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt |
Term length | Pending resignation or the election of a successor |
Inaugural holder | Gerd Gies |
Formation | 3 October 1990 |
Salary | regulated by legislation |
The minister president of Saxony-Anhalt is the head of government of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. The office was created in 1990 after the German reunification and the joining of Saxony-Anhalt in the Federal Republic of Germany. The current minister-president is Reiner Haseloff, heading a coalition government between the Christian Democratic Union, the Social Democratic Party and the Free Democratic Party. Haseloff succeeded Wolfgang Böhmer in April 2011.
The minister-president's seat of government is known as the State Chancellery (German: Staatskanzlei) and is located in the state capital, Magdeburg, along with the other cabinet department.