# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/heide-simonis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:09:23.287Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/heide-simonis"
name: "Heide Simonis"
slug: "heide-simonis"
description: "Heide Simonis 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."
tagline: "German politician (1943–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1651_Heide_Simonis.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1943-07-04"
deathDate: "2023-07-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             19.28501588853581
  historical:           18.410384
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump