Heiko Maas

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.

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Name (English)

Heiko Maas

Name (Japanese)

ハイコ・マース

Reading

はいこ・まーす

Born

September 19, 1966 (age 60)

Origin

Saarlouis, Saarland, Germany

Height

175 cm

Occupation

politician / triathlete / jurist / minister / foreign minister

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Horse

University

Saarland University

Awards & achievements

• 2014 Israel Jacobson Prize

• Official sitehttps://www.heiko-maas.de
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/maas.heiko/
• Xhttps://x.com/HeikoMaas
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heiko%20Maas
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108447

Tags

• Saarland
• politician
• triathlete
• jurist

Last updated

September 19, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.