List Of Honorary Citizens Of Schleswig-Holstein

Five persons have been made honorary citizens of

Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Sch ...

(''Land'', i.e. state of the Federal Republic of

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

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Gerhard Stoltenberg Gerhard Stoltenberg (29 September 1928 – 23 November 2001) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and minister in the cabinets of Ludwig Erhard, Kurt Georg Kiesinger and Helmut Kohl. He served as Minister-President o ...

, former ''

Ministerpräsident A minister-president or minister president is the head of government in a number of European countries or subnational governments with a parliamentary system, parliamentary or semi-presidential system, semi-presidential system of government where ...

'' (i.e. prime minister) of Schleswig-Holstein and former defence and finance minister of Germany *

Uwe Ronneburger Uwe Ronneburger (23 November 1920 – 1 October 2007) was a German politician from the Free Democratic Party. He was from 1980 to 1983 Chairman of the Committee on Intra-German Relations, from May to December 1990 Chairman of the Defence Com ...

, former chairman of the FDP (liberal party) of Schleswig-Holstein *

Helmut Schmidt Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt (; 23 December 1918 – 10 November 2015) was a German politician and member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), who served as the chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982. Before becoming Cha ...

, former German '' Bundeskanzler'' (engl.: chancellor, i.e. head of government) *

Siegfried Lenz Siegfried Lenz (; 17 March 19267 October 2014) was a German writer of novels, short stories and essays, as well as dramas for radio and the theatre. In 2000 he received the Goethe Prize on the 250th Anniversary of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's bi ...

, distinguished German author, who partly lives in Tetenhusen near

Flensburg Flensburg (; Danish, Low Saxon: ''Flensborg''; North Frisian: ''Flansborj''; South Jutlandic: ''Flensborre'') is an independent town (''kreisfreie Stadt'') in the north of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Flensburg is the centre of the ...

. Schleswig-Holstein is the location of many of his stories. *

Leonard Bernstein Leonard Bernstein ( ; August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, author, and humanitarian. Considered to be one of the most important conductors of his time, he was the first America ...

, renowned American conductor and composer, who was awarded honorary citizenship of Schleswig-Holstein three years prior to his death in 1990. {{DEFAULTSORT:Honorary citizens of Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein, Honorary Citizens of

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