What is Heide Simonis?
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = Heide Simonis.jpg | caption = Simonis in 2009 | office = [[Minister-President]] of [[Schleswig-Holstein]] | predecessor = [[Björn Engholm]] | predecessor1 = [[Günther Jansen]] | appointer1 = Björn Engholm | deputy = [[Claus Möller]] (1993–1996), [[Rainder Steenblock]] (1996–2000), [[Annemarie Lütkes]] (2000–2005) | termend1 = 19 March 1993 | termstart1 = 10 March 1993 | successor1 = Claus Möller | office1 = Deputy [[Minister-President]] of Schleswig-Holstein--> | successor = [[Peter Harry Carstensen]] | termend = 27 April 2005 | termstart = 19 March 1993 | education = {{ubl| [[University of Kiel]] | [[University of Erlangen–Nuremberg]] }} | party = [[File:Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, Logo um 2000.svg|20px|left|CDU]] [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party (SPD)]] | birth_name = Heide Steinhardt | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1943|07|04}} | birth_place = [[Bonn]], [[Nazi Germany|Germany]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2023|07|12|1943|07|04}} | death_place = [[Kiel]], [[Schleswig-Holstein]], Germany | office2 = [[Schleswig-Holstein]] Minister of Finance | termstart2 = 5 May 1988 | termend2 = 19 March 1993 | predecessor2 = [[Roger Asmussen]] | successor2 = Claus Möller | appointer2 = <!--Björn Engholm--> | office3 = Member of the [[Bundestag]] | termstart3 = 3 October 1976 | termend3 = 8 June 1988 | office4 = Member of the [[Kiel]] [[Municipal Council]] | termstart4 = 1971 | termend4 = 1976 }} '''Heide Simonis''' ({{IPA-de|ˈhaɪdə ziˈmoːnɪs}}; 4 July 1943 – 12 July 2023) was a German author and politician. She was in the [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democr