title: List of presidents of the Landtag of Saarland
text: # List of presidents of the Landtag of Saarland
  
  The following is a list of presidents of the Landtag of Saarland.
  
  ## Presidents of the Landesrat des Saargebiets
  
  The presidents of the Landesrat (Regional Council) were not elected by the Regional Council of the Saar Territory, but deliberately determined by the Governing Commission, which again was appointed by the League of Nations. The first president appointed was not even elected as a representative of the Regional Council.
  
  | Name | Period | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | Bartholomäus Koßmann [de] | July 19, 1922 – March 23, 1924 | Zentrum |
  | Peter Scheuer [de] | March 24, 1924 – February 28, 1935 | Zentrum |
  
  ## President of the Legislative Assembly of Saarland
  
  | Name | Period | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | Johannes Hoffmann | October 14, 1947 – December 15, 1947 | CVP |
  
  ## Presidents of the Landtag
  
  | Name | Period | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | Peter Zimmer | December 15, 1947 – January 1, 1956 | SPS |
  | Heinrich Schneider | January 2, 1956 – December 31, 1956 | DPS |
  | Wilhelm Kratz | March 18, 1957 – February 26, 1959 | CDU |
  | Julius von Lautz | February 26, 1959 – April 30, 1959 | CDU |
  | Alfons Davo | November 4, 1959 – January 2, 1961 | CDU |
  | Josef Schmitt | January 3, 1961 – December 31, 1965 | CDU |
  | Hans Maurer | February 3, 1966 – October 13, 1974 | CDU |
  | Franz Schneider | November 6, 1974 – July 13, 1975 | CDU |
  | Ludwig Schnurr | July 14, 1975 – May 20, 1980 | CDU |
  | Albrecht Herold | May 21, 1980 – November 9, 1994 | SPD |
  | Hans Kasper | November 9, 1994 – September 28, 1999 | SPD |
  | Hans Ley | September 29, 1999 – July 16, 2015 | CDU |
  | Isolde Ries (acting) | July 16, 2015 – November 11, 2015 | SPD |
  | Klaus Meiser | November 11, 2015 – present | CDU |
  
  ## Sources
  
  * Landtag des Saarlandes | Die Präsidenten der saarländische Volksvertretungen von 1922 bis heute
  