Thomas Kemmerich
Thomas Kemmerich | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Minister-President of Thuringia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 5 February 2020 – 4 March 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deputy | vacant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Bodo Ramelow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Bodo Ramelow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leader of the Free Democratic Party in the Landtag of Thuringia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 26 November 2019 – 1 September 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chief Whip | Robert-Martin Montag | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deputy | Dirk Bergner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Uwe Barth (2014) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leader of the Free Democratic Party in Thuringia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 29 November 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General Secretary | Robert-Martin Montag | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deputy | Dirk Bergner Thomas Nitzsche Gerald Ullrich | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Dirk Bergner (acting) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Thomas Karl Leonard Kemmerich 20 February 1965 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Free Democratic Party (until 2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Bonn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Website | Landtag website | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thomas Karl Leonard Kemmerich (born 20 February 1965) is a German politician, formerly 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. In September 2025, Kemmerich left the FDP.