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Heide Simonis

1943 - 2023

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Heide Simonis (German: [ˈhaɪdə ziˈmoːnɪs]; 4 July 1943 – 12 July 2023) was a German author and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). She was minister of finance in Schleswig-Holstein from 1988 until 1993, when she became minister-president of Schleswig-Holstein. She was the first woman to serve as head of a state government in German history and the only woman to do so in the 20th century, serving until 2005. As of 2025, she is the longest serving former minister-president of Schleswig-Holstein and also the longest serving former female minister-president of all German states (11 years, 343 days). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Heide Simonis is the 15,478th most popular politician (down from 15,174th in 2024), the 4,937th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,872nd in 2019) and the 1,215th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Heide Simonis ranks 15,479 out of 19,576. Before her are Ana Botella, Adelardo López de Ayala y Herrera, Wallace Fard Muhammad, Hoshyar Zebari, Alejo Vidal-Quadras Roca, Anwaar ul Haq Kakar, and José Tomás Ovalle. After her are Tommy Douglas, Massasoit, Masrour Barzani, Jean-Marie Doré, and C. E. Ruthenberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Heide Simonis ranks 529. Before her are Bill Moggridge, Norman Hunter, Gayle Hunnicutt, Ivan Davidov, Roberto Telch, and Philippe Séguin. After her are Richard Manuel, Lynn Burke, Joan Van Ark, Toni Basil, Pat Barker, and Hans-Ulrich Grapenthin. Among people deceased in 2023, Heide Simonis ranks 416. Before her are Lise Nørgaard, Gayle Hunnicutt, Paolo Portoghesi, Richard Wagner, Klaus Bonsack, and Ferenc Mészáros. After her are Jacques Duquesne, Eugenio Calabi, Klaus Beer, Alberto Mario González, Bo Goldman, and John Pilger.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Heide Simonis ranks 4,940 out of 7,253. Before her are Prince John August of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1704), Hermann Paul Müller (1909), Julius Körner (1870), Jürgen Nöldner (1941), August Heim (1904), and Andreas Pietschmann (1969). After her are Günter Lamprecht (1930), Irmgard Praetz (1920), Ümit Davala (1973), Andreas Scholl (1967), Ludwig Lachmann (1906), and Paul Möhring (1710).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Heide Simonis ranks 1,215. Before her are Erhard Keller (1944), Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul (1942), Frauke Petry (1975), Theo Waigel (1939), Annemarie Renger (1919), and Otto Scheff (1889). After her are Gabriele Zimmer (1955), Wolfgang Clement (1940), Klaus Schütz (1926), Günther Oettinger (1953), Rainer Brüderle (1945), and Björn Höcke (1972).

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