| 2025 | Rainer Adams
| | 2024 | Marius Porn
| | 2023 | Sonja Feltes
| | 2020 | Jörg Reifenberg
| | 2019 | Wolfram Leibe
| | 2019 | Thomas Neises
| | 2018 | Ulli Krugmann
| | 2017 | Thomas Müller
| | 2016 | Udo Köhler
| | 2016 | Dieter Friedrich
| | 2015 | Alexander Mock
| | 2014 | Martin Fellmann
| | 2013 | Karl Biegel
| | 2012 | Hans-Alwin Schmitz
| | 2012 | Bernhard Kaster
| | 2011 | Peter Pries
| | 2011 | Christa Bölte †
| | 2011 | Klaus Jensen
| | 2010 | Thomas Hochhalter
| | 2010 | Marianne Gorges
| | 2009 | Malu Dreyer
| | 2009 | Rudolf Zenner
| | 2008 | Andreas Peters
| | 2008 | Hardit Podolski
| | 2007 | Thomas Juncker
| | 2006 | Jürgen Kast
| | 2005 | Sabine Frankreiter
| | 2004 | Franz-Joseph Hohn
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| | 2003 | Hans Peters †
| | 2002 | Rolf Mayer
| | 2001 | Karin Kaltenkirchen
| | 2001 | Dieter Lintz †
| | 2000 | Bernhard Kirn
| | 2000 | Willi Koll
| | 1999 | Kurt Beck
| | 1999 | Konrad Kremer †
| | 1998 | Christoph Böhr
| | 1998 | Heiner Finke
| | 1997 | Achim Hahn †
| | 1997 | Werner Konz
| | 1997 | Remigius Winn †
| | 1996 | Hans Schmitz †
| | 1996 | Peter Deutsch
| | 1995 | Thomas Albrecht
| | 1995 | Dieter Mühlenhoff
| | 1994 | Helmut Schröer
| | 1993 | Manfred Maximini
| | 1992 | Walter Bentlage †
| | 1991 | Walter Bentlage †
| | 1990 | Lutz Scheider
| | 1989 | Christel Mertes
| | 1988 | Anton Mock
| | 1988 | Michael Streit †
| | 1987 | Karl Franzen †
| | 1986 | Winfried Dahm †
| | 1985 | Karl-Heinz Schneider |
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