Ursula von der Leyen

Ursula von der Leyen

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1958-10-08 (65 years old)

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Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen (German: [ˈʊʁzula ˈɡɛʁtʁuːt fɔn dɛɐ̯ ˈlaɪən] ; née Albrecht; born 8 October 1958) is a German physician and politician serving as the 13th president of the European Commission since 2019. She served in the German federal government between 2005 and 2019, holding successive positions in Angela Merkel's cabinet, most recently as minister of defence. Von der Leyen is a member of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its EU affiliated group, the European People's Party (EPP).

Ursula 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 as a physician in Hanover in 1987. 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, she joined the federal cabinet, first as minister of family affairs and youth from 2005 to 2009, then as minister of labour and social affairs from 2009 to 2013, and finally as minister of defence from 2013 to 2019, the first woman to serve as German defence minister. 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 chancellor of Germany and as the favourite to become 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 von der Leyen 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.

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Known For
Acting

Gender
Female

Birthday
1958-10-08 (65 years old)

Birth Name
Ursula Gertrud Albrech

Birth Place
Ixelles - Elsene, Belgium

Religion
Lutheranism

Height
161-centimeter

Spouse
Heiko von der Leyen

Children
Gracia von der Leyen, Egmont von der Leyen, Johanna von der Leyen, Victoria von der Leyen, Maria Donata von der Leyen, Sophie von der Leyen, David von der Leyen

Father
Ernst Albrecht

Mother
Adele Albrecht

Siblings
Hans-Holger Albrecht

Relatives
George Alexander Albrecht

Citizenships
Germany

Residences
Beinhorn, Germany

Awards
BigBrotherAwards, Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 1st class, Knight Grand Cross of the Order for Merits to Lithuania, BBC 100 Women, language adulterator award, Time 100


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