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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 660,821 page views. Her biography is available in 79 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 75 in 2019). Tarja Halonen is the 1,223rd most popular politician (up from 1,673rd in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Finland (up from 11th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Finnish Politician.

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

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  • 660k

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  • 68.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 79

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tarja Halonen ranks 1,223 out of 15,577. Before her are Frederick I of Sweden, Gaspard II de Coligny, Petro Poroshenko, Bessus, Ahaz, and Christian III of Denmark. After her are Magnus Maximus, Elizabeth of Luxembourg, John III Doukas Vatatzes, Fritz Sauckel, Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia, and Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Tarja Halonen ranks 25. Before her are Roger Waters, Sadako Sasaki, Louise Glück, Joseph Stiglitz, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, and Christopher Walken. After her are Howard Gardner, Horst Köhler, Elena Ferrante, Salvatore Adamo, Raffaella Carrà, and Malcolm McDowell.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Tarja Halonen ranks 8 out of 642. Before her are Jean Sibelius (1865), Simo Häyhä (1905), Tove Jansson (1914), Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (1867), Paavo Nurmi (1897), and Sauli Niinistö (1948). After her are Urho Kekkonen (1900), Mika Waltari (1908), Frans Eemil Sillanpää (1888), Juho Kusti Paasikivi (1870), Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1832), and Risto Ryti (1889).

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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), Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia (1917), Pehr Evind Svinhufvud (1861), Otto Wille Kuusinen (1881), Mauno Koivisto (1923), Kyösti Kallio (1873), and Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg (1865).

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