Helle Thorning Schmidt
Politician
Danish politician who became the Prime Minister of Denmark in 2011 and is a leader of her country's Social Democrats.
She graduated with degrees in political science from the University of Copenhagen and the College of Europe.
She was a Member of the European Parliament for Denmark from 1999 to 2004.
She has two daughters with her husband Stephen Kinnock.
She faced criticism for posing for a "selfie" with President Barack Obama at Nelson Mandela's memorial service in December of 2013.