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My Take
Heiko Maas interests me as a study in contrasts. A lawyer from small-town Saarlouis in the Saarland, he trained as a triathlete while climbing to the top of German politics, serving as Justice Minister and then Foreign Minister under Merkel. I like that pairing: the jurist's insistence on getting the rules exactly right, fused with the endurance athlete's appetite for the long, grinding distance. Diplomacy rewards both. And I find something admirable in how he stepped back to practice law again in 2022, declining to cling to power. Returning to the legal trenches rather than clutching office is a quietly principled exit I respect.
Overview
Heiko Josef Maas (born 19 September 1966) is a German lawyer and former politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who served as the Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs (2018–2021) and as the Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection (2013–2018) in the cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel. Since 2022, he has been practicing as a lawyer. Maas was born in Saarlouis to a Catholic family, and is a lawyer.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Heiko Maas
- Name (Japanese)
- ハイコ・マース
- Reading
- はいこ・まーす
- Born
- September 19, 1966 (age 59)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Horse
- Origin
- Saarlouis, Saarland, Germany
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 2 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- politician / triathlete / jurist / minister / foreign minister
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Saarland University
Awards & achievements
- 2014 Israel Jacobson Prize
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.