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Helen Godwin
Helen Godwin is a British Labour Party politician serving as the directly elected Mayor of the West of England since May 2025, after winning the 1 May election.
Helen Kerwin
Helen Kerwin, Republican Texas House District 58 representative from Glen Rose since 2025, who unseated incumbent DeWayne Burns in the 2024 runoff and serves on the Culture, Recreation & Tourism and Public Education committees.
Helen McEntee
Helen McEntee is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and Minister for Defence since November 2025.
Helen of Greece and Denmark (Ελένη)
Helen of Greece and Denmark (Ελένη, 1896–1982), Queen Mother of Romania, wife of Carol II and mother of Michael I; exiled at Villa Sparta, Florence, and honored by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations in 1993.
Helen Pitts Douglass
Helen Pitts Douglass (1838–1903), American feminist and Mount Holyoke graduate, second wife of Frederick Douglass; married him in 1884 amid controversy and later founded the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association to preserve Cedar Hill.
Helen Suzman
Helen Suzman, born Helen Gavronsky, was a South African parliamentarian who opposed apartheid from within the white Parliament for 36 years, often as its lone liberal voice.
Helen Whately
Helen Whately, Conservative MP for Faversham and Mid Kent since 2015, former Minister for Care and Exchequer Secretary, now Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
Helen Zille
Helen Zille (Otta Helene Zille, born 1951), South African politician: Rand Daily Mail journalist who exposed Steve Biko's death, Cape Town mayor 2007–2009, Western Cape Premier 2009–2019, Democratic Alliance leader 2007–2015, later DA federal chair.
Helena Dollimore
Helena Dollimore (born 1994) is the Labour and Co-operative MP for Hastings and Rye, elected in 2024 with a majority of 8,653; former Save the Children and Unilever worker, Treasury PPS and select committee member.
Helena Foulkes
Helena Buonanno Foulkes is an American politician and the Democratic nominee for Governor of Rhode Island in 2026, after losing the 2022 primary to Dan McKee.
Helena Moreno
Helena Moreno is an American Democratic politician and Mayor of New Orleans, elected in 2025 with 55% of the vote after serving on the City Council.
Heléne Fritzon
Heléne Fritzon, born 1960, in Kristianstad, is a Swedish Social Democratic politician and former government minister who has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2019.
Hélène Laporte
Hélène Laporte (born 1978) is a French politician of the Rassemblement National, deputy for Lot-et-Garonne since 2024 and Vice-President of the National Assembly since 2025.
Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Helle Thorning-Schmidt (born 1966) is a Danish Social Democrat, party leader 2005-2015 and Denmark's first female prime minister 2011-2015; her coalition fractured over the Goldman Sachs DONG Energy sale, and she later led Save the Children International and co-chairs Meta's Oversight Board.
Hellenic Parliament (Βουλή των Ελλήνων)
Hellenic Parliament (Βουλή των Ελλήνων), Greece's unicameral 300-seat national legislature. Directly elected for four years; 3% electoral threshold; current President Nikitas Kaklamanis since January 2025; traces to 1844 and 1864 constitutions.
Hellmut von Gerlach
Hellmut (Georg) von Gerlach was a German journalist, politician, and pacifist who moved from antisemitic conservative editor to co-founder of the German Democratic Party and exile in Paris.
Hello Garci scandal
The Hello Garci scandal was a 2005 Philippine political crisis begun when wiretapped recordings apparently of President Arroyo and an election commissioner discussing rigging the 2004 election surfaced.
Helmut Kohl
Helmut Kohl, remembered as the Kanzler der Einheit, is a German CDU politician who was the sixth Chancellor of Germany from 1982 to 1998, leading reunification and the euro.
Helmut Schmidt
Helmut Schmidt (1918–2015), German SPD politician, fifth Chancellor of West Germany 1974–1982; crisis manager of the 1962 Hamburg flood, the 1977 German Autumn, and the 1979 NATO Double-Track Decision; later co-publisher of Die Zeit.
Helsinki Memorandum of Understanding
The Helsinki Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is the peace agreement signed in Helsinki, Finland, on 15 August 2005 between Indonesia and the Free Aceh Movement, ending nearly thirty years of conflict in Aceh.
Hemang Joshi
Hemang Joshi, BJP MP for Vadodara, Gujarat since June 2024 and national president of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha from August 2026, succeeding Tejasvi Surya; born 1991 in Porbandar, physiotherapist and HR postgraduate from MSU Baroda.
Hemant Khandelwal
Hemant Khandelwal is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party who has served as the party's Madhya Pradesh president since 2025 and represents Betul in the state assembly.
Hemant Meena
Hemant Meena is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party who serves as a cabinet minister in the Government of Rajasthan and represents Pratapgarh in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly.
Hemant Savara
Hemant Vishnu Savara is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician and former orthopedic surgeon who was elected to the Lok Sabha from Palghar, Maharashtra, in the 2024 general election.
Hemant Soren (हेमंत सोरेन)
Hemant Soren (हेमंत सोरेन), JMM leader and son of Shibu Soren, is Chief Minister of Jharkhand in his third term since July 2024, after arrest, bail, and a 56-seat INDIA bloc election win.
Hemlata Divakar
Hemlata Divakar, also known as Hemlata Diwakar Kushwaha, is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician serving as Mayor of Agra and previously MLA for Agra Rural from 2017 to 2022.
Hendrik Verwoerd
Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd (1901–1966), Dutch-born South African prime minister 1958–1966 and chief architect of apartheid; Bantu Education Act, Bantustan homelands, 1960 republic referendum, assassinated by Dimitri Tsafendas in Parliament.
Hendrik Wüst
Hendrik Wüst is a German CDU politician who serves as Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia and state party chairman, after serving as the state's transport minister.
Henk Vermeer
Henk Vermeer is a Dutch politician of the Farmer–Citizen Movement (BoerBurgerBeweging, BBB), which he co-founded with Caroline van der Plas in 2019 before becoming party leader and a member of the House of Representatives.
Henna Virkkunen
Henna Virkkunen is a Finnish politician appointed by Ursula von der Leyen in 2024 as European Commission Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy.