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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tarja Halonen has received more than 706,681 page views. Her biography is available in 81 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 79 in 2019). Tarja Halonen is the 1,430th most popular politician (down from 1,221st in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Finland (down from 8th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Finnish Politician.

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

Memorability Metrics

  • 710k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 81

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tarja Halonen ranks 1,430 out of 19,576. Before her are Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Alexios III Angelos, Manuel Azaña, Turgut Özal, Rafael Trujillo, and Leo V the Armenian. After her are Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik, Dorgon, Guillermo Lasso, Muhammad Shaybani, Peter I of Portugal, and Alfonso V of Aragon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Tarja Halonen ranks 28. Before her are Louise Glück, Christopher Walken, Elena Ferrante, Joseph Stiglitz, Salvatore Adamo, and Jocelyn Bell Burnell. After her are Mohammad Khatami, Howard Gardner, Horst Köhler, Raffaella Carrà, David Cronenberg, and Bernard Tapie.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Tarja Halonen ranks 11 out of 751. Before her are Tove Jansson (1914), Sauli Niinistö (1948), Paavo Nurmi (1897), Frans Eemil Sillanpää (1888), Mika Waltari (1908), and Aki Kaurismäki (1957). After her are Urho Kekkonen (1900), Juho Kusti Paasikivi (1870), Lars Ahlfors (1907), Helene Schjerfbeck (1862), Elias Lönnrot (1802), and Mikael Agricola (1510).

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Among POLITICIANS In Finland

Among politicians born in Finland, Tarja Halonen ranks 3. Before her are Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (1867), and Sauli Niinistö (1948). After her are Urho Kekkonen (1900), Juho Kusti Paasikivi (1870), Risto Ryti (1889), Pehr Evind Svinhufvud (1861), Kyösti Kallio (1873), Otto Wille Kuusinen (1881), Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia (1917), Mauno Koivisto (1923), and Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg (1865).

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