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Department of Minnesota commanders are elected at the department conventions in mid-July.
| Name | Term | City | Post | District | Branch | Era | Project |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2023-24 | Montgomery | Earl C. Hill Post 550 in Bloomington | 10th District | Army | Leb/Gren-Panama-Gulf-GWOT | Minnesota American Legion Foundation Veterans Assistance Fund |
 | 2022-23 | Two Harbors | Wisted-Zenith Post 28 in Duluth | 8th District | Army | Other (after Gulf, pre-9/11) | Tunnel to Towers, Project Delta & Eagle's Healing Nest |
 | 2021-22 | Saint Cloud | Silver Star Post 428 in Waite Park | 6th District | Air Force | Leb/Gren-Panama-Gulf | Legionville & recreation at Minnesota Veterans Homes |
 | 2019-21 | Le Center | Charles Borak Post 45 in New Prague | 3rd District | Air Force | Vietnam-Leb/Gren-Panama-Gulf | Legionville & Wounded Warriors Guide Service |
 | 2018-19 | Fridley | Edward B. Cutter Post 102 in Anoka | 10th District | Army | Vietnam | |
 | 2017-18 | Fulda | Lionel Boudreau Post 322 in Currie | 2nd District | Air Force | Vietnam | Minnesota Boys State & veteran suicide prevention |
 | 2016-17 | Bagley | Irvin Blix Post 16 in Bagley | 9th District | Army | Vietnam-Leb/Gren-Panama-Gulf-GWOT | Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans |
 | 2015-16 | Taopi | Adams Post 146 | 1st District | Air Force | Vietnam | Brain Science Foundation |
 | 2014-16 | Saint Joseph | Kriesel-Jacobsen Post 560 in Zimmerman | 6th District | Air Force | Vietnam | |
 | 2013-14 | Saint Paul | Christie-DeParcq Post 406 in Saint Paul | 4th District | Air Force | Vietnam-Leb/Gren-Panama-Gulf | Legionville |
 | 2012-13 | Hutchinson | Hutchinson Post 96 | 3rd District | Navy | Vietnam | Legionville |
 | 2011-12 | Byron | Sumner R. Hair Post 119 in Byron | 1st District | Air Force | Vietnam | VA Community-Based Outpatient Clinics |
 | 2010-11 | Prior Lake | Prior Lake Post 447 | 3rd District | Marine Corps | Vietnam | Veterans on the Lake Resort |
 | 2009-10 | Princeton | William O. Machart Post 347 in Beroun | 10th District | Navy | Vietnam | Veteran service coordinators at the Minnesota Veterans Homes |
 | 2008-09 | Argyle | Warren Post 27 | 9th District | Army | Vietnam | Project New Hope, entertainment at Minnesota Veterans Homes & chapel at Fergus Falls Veterans Home |
 | 2007-08 | Mound | Minnetonka Post 398 in Mound | 10th District | Army | Vietnam | Spinal Cord Injury Center at Minneapolis VA Medical Center |
 | 2006-07 | Willernie | Kramer Berg Post 507 in Willernie/Mahtomedi | 3rd District | Army | Korea-Vietnam-L/G-Panama-Gulf | Legionville |
 | 2005-06 | Morris | Walter Tripp Post 29 in Morris | 7th District | Army | Vietnam | American Legion Family Hospital Association |
 | 2004-05 | Maple Grove | Rudolph Priebe Post 172 in Osseo | 10th District | Army | Vietnam | American Legion National Emergency Fund |
 | 2003-04 | Redwood Falls | Benjamin A. Remelle Post 7 in Sleepy Eye | 2nd District | Navy | Vietnam | Minnesota World War II Memorial |
 | 2002-03 | Le Center | Le Center Post 108 | 3rd District | Navy | Vietnam | |
 | 2001-02 | Plainview | William Allen Post 179 in Plainview | 1st District | Army | Vietnam | |
 | 2000-01 | Waite Park | Silver Star Post 428 in Waite Park | 6th District | Navy | Vietnam | |
| Dennis Sculthorp | 1999-2000 | New Hope | Westphal Post 251 in Robbinsdale | 10th District | Army | Vietnam | |
| Robert D. "Buster" Skallerud | 1998-99 | Madison | Lac Qui Parle Post 158 | 7th District | Army | Korea | |
| Roger K. Olson | 1997-98 | Hutchinson | Hutchinson Post 96 | 3rd District | Air Force | Korea | |
| Dennis J. Henkemeyer | 1996-97 | Sauk Rapids | Frank Heinzel Post 254 in Sauk Rapids | 6th District | Navy | Vietnam | |
| Virgil V. Persing | 1995-96 | Columbia Heights | Art & Leonard Falldin Post 555 in Minneapolis | 5th District | Air Force | Korea | |
| W.C. "Bill" Barbknecht | 1994-95 | Underwood | Barnesville Post 153 | 9th District | Marines & Air Force | Vietnam | |
| Raymond L. "Ray" Galazen | 1993-94 | Duluth | West Duluth Post 71 | 8th District | Army | Korea | |
| Ambrose J. "Ambie" Koll | 1992-93 | Sebeka | Berg-Nylund Post 456 in Sebeka | 6th District | Navy | World War II | |
| Daniel A. Ludwig | 1991-92 | Red Wing | Leo C. Peterson Post 54 in Red Wing | 3rd District | Navy | Vietnam | |
| James W. LeTextier | 1990-91 | East Grand Forks | East Grand Forks Post 157 | 9th District | Army | Korea-Vietnam | |
| Paul J. Andrejewski | 1989-90 | Waseca | Waseca Post 228 | 1st District | Army | World War II | |
| Robert L. Flaherty | 1988-89 | Forest Lake | Forest Lake Post 225 | 3rd District | Air Force | Korea | |
| Lloyd M. Ricker | 1987-88 | Dawson | Frank Heinzel Post 254 in Sauk Rapids | 6th District | Air Force | Vietnam | |
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