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Tarja Halonen

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Tarja Kaarina Halonen (pronounced [ˈtɑrjɑ (ˈkɑːrinɑ) ˈhɑlonen] , born 24 December 1943) is a Finnish politician who served as the 11th president of Finland, and the first and to date only woman to hold the position, from 2000 to 2012. She first rose to prominence as a lawyer with the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK), and as the Prime Minister's parliamentary secretary (1974–1975) and a member of the City Council of Helsinki (1977–1996). Halonen was a Social Democratic Party member of parliament from 1979 until her election to the presidency in 2000. She also served as a minister at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health from 1987 to 1990, as Minister of Justice from 1990 to 1991, and as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1995 to 2000. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tarja Halonen is the 1,134th most popular politician (up from 1,430th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Finland (up from 11th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Finnish Politician.

Tarja Halonen is most famous for being the first female president of Finland.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tarja Halonen ranks 1,134 out of 19,576. Before her are Gaius Cassius Longinus, Sunjong of Korea, Mohammad Najibullah, Liu Shaoqi, Shah Jahan, and Merovech. After her are Khalid of Saudi Arabia, Roderic, Vlad II Dracul, Louise, Princess Royal, Theodoric I, and Robert I, Duke of Normandy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Tarja Halonen ranks 18. Before her are Vangelis, Mick Jagger, Toto Cutugno, Sharon Tate, Michael Mann, and Albano Carrisi. After her are Roger Waters, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Joe Pesci, Ben Kingsley, Keith Richards, and Sadako Sasaki.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Tarja Halonen ranks 8 out of 751. Before her are Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (1867), Simo Häyhä (1905), Jean Sibelius (1865), Tove Jansson (1914), Frans Eemil Sillanpää (1888), and Paavo Nurmi (1897). After her are Elias Lönnrot (1802), Urho Kekkonen (1900), Artturi Ilmari Virtanen (1895), Sauli Niinistö (1948), Juho Kusti Paasikivi (1870), and Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1832).

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Among POLITICIANS In Finland

Among politicians born in Finland, Tarja Halonen ranks 2. Before her are Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (1867). After her are Urho Kekkonen (1900), Sauli Niinistö (1948), Juho Kusti Paasikivi (1870), Risto Ryti (1889), Pehr Evind Svinhufvud (1861), Mauno Koivisto (1923), Kyösti Kallio (1873), Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg (1865), Otto Wille Kuusinen (1881), and Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia (1917).

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