Ursula von der Leyen
| Ursula von der Leyen | |
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| Minister of Defence | |
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Assumed office 17 December 2013 |
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| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Preceded by | Thomas de Maizière |
| Minister of Labour and Social Affairs | |
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In office 30 November 2009 – 17 December 2013 |
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| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Preceded by | Franz Josef Jung |
| Succeeded by | Andrea Nahles |
| Minister of Family Affairs and Youth | |
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In office 22 November 2005 – 30 November 2009 |
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| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Preceded by | Renate Schmidt |
| Succeeded by | Kristina Schröder |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Ursula Gertrud Albrecht 8 October 1958 Ixelles, Belgium |
| Political party | Christian Democratic Union |
| Spouse(s) | Heiko von der Leyen |
| Children | 7 |
| Alma mater |
University of Göttingen University of Münster London School of Economics Hannover Medical School |
| Religion | Lutheranism |
| Website | http://www.ursula-von-der-leyen.de/ |
Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen (
listen ) (née Albrecht; born 8 October 1958) is a German politician who has been the Minister of Defence since 2013, and is the first woman in German history to hold that office. A doctor by profession, she previously also served as the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs from 2009 to 2013 and as the Minister of Senior Citizens, Women and Youth from 2005 to 2009. She has sometimes been suggested as a possible future successor to Chancellor Angela Merkel due to personal loyalty to the Chancellor and her 'political instinct'.
Ursula von der Leyen was born in Brussels. She is the daughter of Ernst Albrecht, a prominent CDU politician and former European Commission official, as well as a long-time Prime Minister of Lower Saxony. Her brother is businessman Hans-Holger Albrecht.
She was born in Ixelles in Brussels, where her father worked for the European Commission (as a Director-General from 1969). She attended the European School until 1971, when the family relocated to Lehrte in Hanover after her father had become CEO of Bahlsen and involved in state politics in Lower Saxony.
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