Minister-President of Hanover
| Minister-President of Hanover | |
|---|---|
| German: Ministerpräsident von Hannover | |
 Flag of Hanover | |
| Hanoverian Government Hanoverian Cabinet Hanoverian Parliament | |
| Style | Minister-President (informal) The Right Honourable (UK and Commonwealth) His Excellency (international) |
| Member of | Hanoverian Parliament Hanoverian Cabinet Privy Council British-Irish Council Joint Ministerial Committee |
| Reports to | Hanoverian Parliament |
| Residence | State Chancellery |
| Seat | King Frederick City |
| Nominator | Hanoverian Parliament |
| Appointer | The monarch |
| Term length | None The minister-president is nominated by Parliament following an election or resignation |
| Formation | 20 November 1924 (98 years ago) |
| First holder | Anton Weintraub |
| Deputy | Deputy Minister-President of Hanover |
| Salary | £159,179 annually (including £67,637 MHP salary) |
The minister-president of Hanover (German: Ministerpräsident von Hannover) is the leader of the Hanoverian Government and the keeper of the Great Seal of Hanover. The minister-president chairs the Hanoverian Government and is also primarily responsible for the formulation, development, and presentation of Hanoverian Government policy. Additional functions of the minister-president include promoting and representing Hanover in an official capacity, at home and abroad.
The minister-president is nominated by the Hanoverian Parliament by fellow MHPs, and is afterwards formally appointed to the position by the monarch. In turn, members of the Hanoverian Cabinet and junior ministers of the Hanoverian Government, as well as the Hanoverian law officers, are all appointed by the minister-president. As head of the Hanoverian Government, the minister-president is directly accountable to the Hanoverian Parliament for their actions and the actions of the wider government.
Since the office's creation, the position has always been traditionally held by the leader of the Hanoverian Union Party, currently Markus Thierse, whom assumed office on 6 June 2013, becoming the most recent in the long, unbroken line of HUP party leaders to successively hold the office, owing to the party's longtime dominant position in Hanoverian politics.