Leader of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria

Leader of the Christian Social
Union
Leader of the Christian Social ; Union
	Incumbent; Markus Söder; since 19 January 2019
Member of	Federal Executive ; Presidium
Inaugural holder	Josef Müller
Formation	17 December 1945
Deputy	Kurt Gribl ; Angelika Niebler ; Dorothee Bär ; Manfred Weber ; Melanie Huml

The Leader of the Christian Social Union (Vorsitzender der Christlich-Sozialen Union) is the most senior political figure within the Christian Social Union in Bavaria. Since 19 January 2019, the office has been held by Markus Söder;^[1] who is the 9th leader of the party.

The Leader of the Christian Social Union is supported by a General Secretary, which since 2018 has been Markus Blume. Furthermore, the leader is supported by five deputy leaders, which currently are Kurt Gribl, Angelika Niebler, Dorothee Bär, Manfred Weber and Melanie Huml.^[2]

Leaders of the Christian Social Union (1945–present)

A list of the 8 leaders since 1945^[3]

Leader	Took office	Left office	Chancellor
Josef Müller	17 December 1945	28 May 1949	Konrad Adenauer
Hans Ehard	28 May 1949	22 January 1955	Konrad Adenauer
Hanns Seidel	22 January 1955	16 February 1961	Konrad Adenauer
Franz Josef Strauss	18 March 1961	3 October 1988	Konrad Adenauer Ludwig Erhard Kurt Georg Kiesinger Willy Brandt Helmut Schmidt Helmut Kohl
Theodor Waigel	16 November 1988	16 January 1999	Helmut Kohl Gerhard Schröder
Edmund Stoiber	16 January 1999	29 September 2007	Gerhard Schröder Angela Merkel
Erwin Huber	29 September 2007	25 October 2008	Angela Merkel
Horst Seehofer	25 October 2008	19 January 2019	Angela Merkel
Markus Söder	19 January 2019	Incumbent	Angela Merkel Olaf Scholz