Hendrik Josef Wüst is a German politician currently serving as Minister-President of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. He is a member of the Christian democratic and liberal-conservative CDU. In October 2021, he succeeded Armin Laschet as state chairman of his party. Under Wüst's leadership, his party won the highest vote share in the 2022 North Rhine-Westphalia state election.

The Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia, also referred to as Premier or Prime Minister, is the head of government of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW). The position was created in 1946, when the British administration merged the Prussian province of Westphalia and the northern part of the Prussian province of the Rhine to form the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. In 1947 the state was expanded with including of the state of Lippe.