FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Minnich Michael (Last) (First) (Middle) 7 EAST 20TH STREET APARTMENT 12F (Street) NEW YORK NY 10003 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 04/24/2020	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol MIDWEST HOLDING INC. [ mdwt ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director X 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Executive Chairman	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	11,111,112	I	By Rendezvous Capital LLC(1)
Common Stock	1,000,534,789	I	By Vespoint, LLC Group(2)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. These shares are owned through Rendezvous Capital LLC, an entity controlled by the reporting person and owned by the reporting person and his spouse. The shares were purchased by Rendezvous Capital LLC on April 24, 2020, at $0.045 per share.

2. These shares have been previously reported by the reporting person pursuant to a joint group filing by Vespoint, LLC, the reporting person and other members of the group as disclosed in the group's most recent Form 4 filing dated June 18, 2019 and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 19, 2019. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

	Michael Minnich	05/01/2020
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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