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Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen (German: [ˈʊʁzula ˈɡɛʁtʁuːt fɔn deːɐ̯ ˈlaɪən] ⓘ; née Albrecht; born 8 October 1958) is a German physician and centre-right politician serving as the 13th president of the European Commission since 2019.
4 days ago · Ursula von der Leyen became president of the European Commission five years ago with a razor-thin parliamentary majority of just nine votes. Securing a second term may be even more fraught ...
4 days ago · Ursula von der Leyen (born October 8, 1958, Brussels, Belgium) is a Belgian-born German politician who is the first woman to serve as Germany ’s minister of defense (2013–19). In July 2019 she became the first woman to be elected president of the European Commission.
4 days ago · BRUSSELS — Ursula von der Leyen is scrambling for a political deal that keeps her at the European Commission’s helm for the next five years, with her conservatives set to win the EU elections. Amid a rise in support for the far right, von der Leyen’s European People’s Party was on track to secure the most seats of any single group in ...
3 days ago · European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen attends a press conference after a Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party leadership meeting following the EU elections, in Berlin, Germany, June ...
The President is the head of the European Commission. According to the treaties, the President decides on the organisation of the Commission and allocates portfolios to individual Commissioners.
Sep 13, 2022 · In her State of the Union address on 14 September 2022, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen outlined flagship initiatives which the Commission plans to undertake in the coming year.
