# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/helvi-sipila
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:24:16.943Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/helvi-sipila"
name: "Helvi Sipilä"
slug: "helvi-sipila"
description: "Helvi Linnea Aleksandra Sipilä was a Finnish diplomat, lawyer and politician. She was known as a promoter of women's rights, and was the first-ever female Assistant-Secretary-General of the United Nations. When Sipilä was appointed Assistant-Secretary-General in 1972, 97 per cent of United Nations senior management was male. Sipilä also held a number of leadership positions in international civic organizations, including in the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, the International Federation of Women Lawyers, Zonta International and the International Council of Women."
tagline: "Finnish politician, lawyer and diplomat (1915–2009)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Helvi-Sipila-1950s.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1915-05-05"
deathDate: "2009-05-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.9
  momentum:             1.463414634146341
  historical:           12.93959733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Helvi Sipilä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%84%D9%81%D9%8A_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "هلفي سيبيلا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هلفى سيبيلا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هلوی سیپیلا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "হেলভি সিপিলা"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helvi_Sipil%C3%A4"
    title: "Helvi Sipilä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helvi_Sipil%C3%A4ov%C3%A1"
    title: "Helvi Sipiläová"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helvi_Sipil%C3%A4"
    title: "Helvi Sipilä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helvi_Sipil%C3%A4"
    title: "Helvi Sipilä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helvi_Sipil%C3%A4"
    title: "Helvi Sipilä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helvi_Sipil%C3%A4"
    title: "Helvi Sipilä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helvi_Sipil%C3%A4"
    title: "Helvi Sipilä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helvi_Sipil%C3%A4"
    title: "Helvi Sipilä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helvi_Sipil%C3%A4"
    title: "Helvi Sipilä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8F%2C_%D0%A5%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B2%D0%B8"
    title: "Сипиля, Хельви"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helvi_Sipil%C3%A4"
    title: "Helvi Sipilä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2490101"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump