Ursula von der Leyen

President of the European Commission since 2019

Also known as Ursula Gertrud Albrecht

Wikidata Q60772 Wikipedia

Key information

Born8 October 1958

Place of birthIxelles, Brussels, Belgium

Occupation Research fellowPhysicianPolitician

Position held President of the European Commissionmember of the Landtag of Lower Saxonymember of the German BundestagFederal Minister of Labour and Social AffairsFederal Minister for Education, Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and YouthFederal Minister of Defence

Political partyChristian Democratic Union (since 1990)

Educated at Hannover Medical School (MD, MPH)London School of EconomicsUniversity of Göttingen

CitizenshipGermany

Official websitehttps://ec.europa.eu/commission/commissioners/2019-2024/president_en

Connections3

Awards received 3

LAlanguage adulterator awardAward received KGKnight Grand Cross of the Order for Merits to LithuaniaAward received BBigBrotherAwardsAward received

Family & close relations

Father Ernst Albrecht

Spouse Heiko von der Leyen (m. 1986)

Children 7

Appears in Reports1

Engraved Magnums and Live Rounds: Erdogan's NATO Summit Parting Gift
clashreport.com9 July 2026

Source-backed identifiers6

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	VIAF	85694073	Open ↗
	System VIAF (viaf) Value 85694073 Record https://viaf.org/viaf/85694073
	GND (German National Library)	130338303	Open ↗
	System GND (German National Library) (gnd) Value 130338303 Record https://d-nb.info/gnd/130338303
	Library of Congress	no2007068708	Open ↗
	System Library of Congress (loc_auth) Value no2007068708 Record https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2007068708
	Encyclopaedia Britannica	biography/Ursula-von-der-Leyen	Open ↗
	System Encyclopaedia Britannica (britannica) Value biography/Ursula-von-der-Leyen Record https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ursula-von-der-Leyen
	IMDb	nm2164993	Open ↗
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