List of honorary citizens of Schleswig-Holstein

Five persons have been made honorary citizens of Schleswig-Holstein (Land, i.e. state of the Federal Republic of Germany):

Gerhard Stoltenberg, former Ministerpräsident (i.e. prime minister) of Schleswig-Holstein and former defence and finance minister of Germany
Uwe Ronneburger, former chairman of the FDP (liberal party) of Schleswig-Holstein
Helmut Schmidt, former German Bundeskanzler (engl.: chancellor, i.e. head of government)
Siegfried Lenz, distinguished German author, who partly lives in Tetenhusen near Flensburg. Schleswig-Holstein is the location of many of his stories.
Leonard Bernstein, renowned American conductor and composer, who was awarded honorary citizenship of Schleswig-Holstein three years prior to his death in 1990.

Honorary citizenship around the world

Countries	Canada Ireland Republic of Korea Singapore United States

Cities and regions	Belgrade Berlin Gyumri Hamburg Munich Paris Rapallo Schleswig-Holstein Skopje Vienna Zagreb

See also	Europe Revolutionary France

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