Heide Simonis
Heide Simonis | |
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 Simonis in 2009 | |
| Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein | |
| In office 19 March 1993 – 27 April 2005 | |
| Deputy | Claus Möller (1993–1996), Rainder Steenblock (1996–2000), Annemarie Lütkes (2000–2005) |
| Preceded by | Björn Engholm |
| Succeeded by | Peter Harry Carstensen |
| Deputy Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein--> | |
| In office 10 March 1993 – 19 March 1993 | |
| Appointed by | Björn Engholm |
| Preceded by | Günther Jansen |
| Succeeded by | Claus Möller |
| Schleswig-Holstein Minister of Finance | |
| In office 5 May 1988 – 19 March 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Roger Asmussen |
| Succeeded by | Claus Möller |
| Member of the Bundestag | |
| In office 3 October 1976 – 8 June 1988 | |
| Member of the Kiel Municipal Council | |
| In office 1971–1976 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Heide Steinhardt 4 July 1943 Bonn, Germany |
| Died | 12 July 2023 (aged 80) Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany |
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Heide Simonis (German pronunciation: [ˈhaɪdə ziˈmoːnɪs]; 4 July 1943 – 12 July 2023) was a German author and politician. She was in the Social Democratic Party (SPD). She was minister of finance in Schleswig-Holstein from 1988, until 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. She served until 2005. She died on 12 July 2023, eight days after her 80th birthday.