Thomas Kemmerich

Thomas Kemmerich
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Minister-President of Thuringia
In office
5 February 2020 – 4 March 2020
Deputyvacant
Preceded byBodo Ramelow
Succeeded byBodo Ramelow
Leader of the Free Democratic Party in the Landtag of Thuringia
Assumed office
26 November 2019
Chief WhipRobert-Martin Montag
DeputyDirk Bergner
Preceded byUwe Barth (2014)
Leader of the Free Democratic Party in Thuringia
Assumed office
29 November 2015
General SecretaryRobert-Martin Montag
DeputyDirk Bergner
Thomas Nitzsche
Gerald Ullrich
Preceded byDirk Bergner (acting)
Parliamentary constituencies
Member of the Landtag of Thuringia
Assumed office
26 November 2019
Preceded bymulti-member district
ConstituencyFDP List
In office
30 October 2009 – 14 October 2014
Preceded bymulti-member district
Succeeded bymulti-member district
ConstituencyFDP List
Member of the Bundestag
for Thuringia
In office
24 October 2017 – 14 November 2019
Preceded byPatrick Kurth (2013)
Succeeded byReginald Hanke
ConstituencyFDP List
Personal details
Born
Thomas Karl Leonard Kemmerich

(1965-02-20) 20 February 1965 (age 59)
Aachen, West Germany
Political partyFree Democratic Party
Children6
Residence(s)Erfurt
Weimar
Alma materUniversity of Bonn
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Businessman
  • Lawyer
WebsiteLandtag website

Thomas Karl Leonard Kemmerich (born 20 February 1965) is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who served as the Minister-President of Thuringia from 5 February to 4 March 2020. With a tenure of only 28 days (3 days if his time as acting officeholder is excluded), he has been both the shortest-serving Minister-President of Thuringia and the shortest-serving head of a state government in the Federal Republic of Germany (as of 2024).

After Reinhold Maier, who had served as minister-president of Württemberg-Baden (1945–1952) and, after the state's fusion with two other southwestern states, of the new state Baden-Württemberg (1952–1953), he was the second minister-president from the FDP in German history.[1]

  1. ^ Oltermann, Philip (5 February 2020). "Outrage as German centre-right votes with AfD to oust Thuringia premier". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 February 2020.