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Ursula von der Leyen

Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen (German: [ˈʊʁzula ˈɡɛʁtʁuːt fɔn deːɐ̯ ˈlaɪən] ; née Albrecht; born 8 October 1958) is a German politician and physician who has served as President of the European Commission since 2019. She served in the German federal government between 2005 and 2019, holding positions in Angela Merkel's cabinet, most recently as Federal Minister for Defence. She is a member of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its affiliated European political party, the European People's Party (EPP). On 7 March 2024, the EPP elected her as its Spitzenkandidat to lead the campaign for the 2024 European Parliament elections. She was re-elected to head the Commission in July 2024. Von der Leyen was born and raised in Brussels, Belgium, to German parents. Her father, Ernst Albrecht, was one of the first European civil servants. She was brought up bilingually in German and French, and moved to Germany in 1971 when her father became involved in German politics. She graduated from the London School of Economics in 1978, and in 1987, she acquired her medical licence from Hanover Medical School. After marrying fellow physician Heiko von der Leyen, she lived for four years in the United States with her family in the 1990s. After returning to Germany she became involved in local politics in the Hanover region in the late 1990s, and she served as a cabinet minister in the state government of Lower Saxony from 2003 to 2005. In 2005, von der Leyen joined the federal cabinet, first as Minister for Family Affairs and Youth from 2005 to 2009, then taking on the role of Minister for Labour and Social Affairs from 2009 to 2013, and finally serving as Minister for Defence from 2013 to 2019, the first woman to do so. When she left office, she was the only minister to have served continuously in Merkel's cabinet since Merkel became chancellor. She served as a deputy leader of the CDU from 2010 to 2019, and was regarded as a leading contender to succeed Merkel as the chancellor of Germany and as the favourite to become the secretary general of NATO after Jens Stoltenberg. British defence secretary Michael Fallon described her in 2019 as "a star presence" in the NATO community and "the doyenne of NATO ministers for over five years". In 2023, she was again regarded as the favourite to take the role. On 2 July 2019, von der Leyen was proposed by the European Council as the candidate for president of the European Commission. She was then elected by the European Parliament on 16 July; she took office on 1 December, becoming the first woman to hold the office. In November 2022 she announced that her commission would work to establish an International Criminal Tribunal for the Russian Federation. She was named the most powerful woman in the world by Forbes in 2022, 2023 and 2024. On 18 July 2024, von der Leyen was re-elected as President of the European Commission by the European Parliament with an absolute majority of 401 members of the European Parliament out of 720. Her absolute majority was strengthened by around thirty votes compared to her election in 2019.

Infobox

Commission
Von der Leyen I and II
Preceded by
Gerhard Schröder (1998)
German federal cabinet
German federal cabinet Minister for DefenceIn office17 December 2013 – 17 July 2019ChancellorAngela MerkelPreceded byThomas de MaizièreSucceeded byAnnegret Kramp-KarrenbauerMinister for Labour and Social AffairsIn office30 November 2009 – 17 December 2013ChancellorAngela MerkelPreceded byFranz Josef JungSucceeded byAndrea NahlesMinister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and YouthIn office22 November 2005 – 30 November 2009ChancellorAngela MerkelPreceded byRenate SchmidtSucceeded byKristina Schröder
Chancellor
Angela Merkel
Succeeded by
Dorothee Prüssner
Party roles
Party roles Deputy Leader of the Christian Democratic UnionIn office15 November 2010 – 22 November 2019Serving with Volker Bouffier, Julia Klöckner, Armin Laschet, Thomas StroblLeaderAngela MerkelAnnegret Kramp-KarrenbauerPreceded byChristian WulffSucceeded bySilvia Breher
Leader
Angela MerkelAnnegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
Lower Saxony cabinet
Lower Saxony cabinet Minister for Social Affairs, Women and Families and HealthIn office4 March 2003 – 22 November 2005Minister-PresidentChristian WulffPreceded byGitta TrauernichtSucceeded byMechthild Ross-Luttmann
Minister-President
Christian Wulff
Parliamentary constituencies
Parliamentary constituencies Member of the Bundestag for Lower SaxonyIn office27 October 2009 – 31 July 2019Preceded byMulti-member districtSucceeded byIngrid PahlmannConstituencyChristian Democratic Union listMember of theLandtag of Lower Saxony for LehrteIn office4 March 2003 – 7 December 2005Preceded byGerhard Schröder (1998)Succeeded byDorothee Prüssner
Constituency
Christian Democratic Union list
Born
Ursula Gertrud Albrecht (1958-10-08) 8 October 1958 (age 67)Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium
Citizenship
Germany
Political party
Christian Democratic Union (since 1990)
Other politicalaffiliations
European People's Party
Spouse
mw- Heiko von der Leyen (m. 1986)
Children
7
Parent
mw- Ernst Albrecht (father)
Relatives
Hans-Holger Albrecht (brother)Carl Albrecht(grandfather)
Alma mater
University of GöttingenLondon School of EconomicsHannover Medical School (MD, MPH)
Occupation
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Website
ec.europa.eu/president
Party
Christian Democratic Union (since 1990)

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Preceded byRenate Schmidt
Preceded byRenate Schmidt
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Preceded byRenate Schmidt
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Minister of Family Affairs and Youth 2005–2009
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Succeeded byKristina Schröder
Preceded byFranz Josef Jung
Preceded byFranz Josef Jung
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Preceded byFranz Josef Jung
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Minister of Labour and Social Affairs 2009–2013
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Succeeded byAndrea Nahles
Preceded byThomas de Maizière
Preceded byThomas de Maizière
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Preceded byThomas de Maizière
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Minister of Defence 2013–2019
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Succeeded byAnnegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
Preceded byGünther Oettinger
Preceded byGünther Oettinger
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Preceded byGünther Oettinger
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German European Commissioner 2019–present
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Preceded byJean-Claude Juncker
Preceded byJean-Claude Juncker
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Preceded byJean-Claude Juncker
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President of the European Commission 2019–present
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Preceded byPetr Pavel
Preceded byPetr Pavel
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Preceded byPetr Pavel
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Invocation Speaker of the College of Europe 2024
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Political offices
Preceded byRenate Schmidt
Minister of Family Affairs and Youth 2005–2009
Succeeded byKristina Schröder
Preceded byFranz Josef Jung
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs 2009–2013
Succeeded byAndrea Nahles
Preceded byThomas de Maizière
Minister of Defence 2013–2019
Succeeded byAnnegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
Preceded byGünther Oettinger
German European Commissioner 2019–present
Incumbent
Preceded byJean-Claude Juncker
President of the European Commission 2019–present
Academic offices
Preceded byPetr Pavel
Invocation Speaker of the College of Europe 2024
Most recent

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