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Helle Thorning-Schmidt

1966 - Today

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Helle Thorning-Schmidt (Danish pronunciation: [ˈhelə ˈtsʰoɐ̯ne̝ŋ ˈsme̝t]; born 14 December 1966) is a Danish retired politician who served as the 26th Prime Minister of Denmark from 2011 to 2015, and Leader of the Social Democrats from 2005 to 2015. She is the first woman to have held each post. Following defeat in 2015, she announced that she would step down as both Danish Prime Minister and Social Democratic party leader. Ending her political career in April 2016, she was the chief executive of the NGO Save the Children until June 2019. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Helle Thorning-Schmidt is the 9,246th most popular politician (down from 9,035th in 2019), the 248th most popular biography from Denmark and the 95th most popular Danish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Helle Thorning-Schmidt ranks 9,246 out of 19,576. Before her are Emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei, Hussein al-Houthi, James IV of Majorca, Brutus of Troy, Mutnofret, and Andries Pretorius. After her are Mohammed Ben Aarafa, Jacques Cœur, Hans-Rudolf Merz, Magdalena Wilhelmine of Württemberg, K. B. Hedgewar, and Saif al-Islam Gaddafi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Helle Thorning-Schmidt ranks 84. Before her are Rick Astley, Mazinho, Stephen Baldwin, Christoph Schneider, Vikram, and Raimonds Vējonis. After her are Tom McCarthy, Jan Železný, Lisa Edelstein, Qusay Hussein, Cynthia Nixon, and Faure Gnassingbé.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Helle Thorning-Schmidt ranks 248 out of 1,032. Before her are Princess Elisabeth of Denmark (1935), Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1798), Svein Knutsson (1016), Princess Wilhelmine Ernestine of Denmark (1650), Thomas Vinterberg (1969), and Leonora Christina Ulfeldt (1621). After her are Viggo Jensen (1874), Princess Louise of Denmark (1875), Carl Lange (1834), Henning Jensen (1949), Princess Dagmar of Denmark (1890), and Holger Nielsen (1866).

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Among POLITICIANS In Denmark

Among politicians born in Denmark, Helle Thorning-Schmidt ranks 95. Before her are Ernst Reuter (1889), Thyra (800), Karl Verner (1846), Princess Elisabeth of Denmark (1935), Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1798), and Svein Knutsson (1016). After her are Holger Nielsen (1866), Erik Scavenius (1877), Valdemar the Young (1209), Ove Høegh-Guldberg (1731), Adam Wilhelm Moltke (1785), and Jens Otto Krag (1914).

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