Ursula von der Leyen is a German politician and physician who has been President of the European Commission since 1 December 2019. Let us learn more about her professional and personal life.
The nickname Ursula von der Leye has acquired over the course of her 29-year career in German politics tells their own story about the new president of the European Commission.
During her time in charge of the family ministry, she was the first called Krippen-Ursel, a conservative closet feminist set on expanding nursery places, and then Zensursula.
In 2013, when she became Germany’s first female defense minister, her detractors referred to her as Flinten-Uschi, a caricature of the bossy career woman.
Meet Ursula von der Leyen Family: Grandfather Carl Albrecht
Ursula von der Leyen was born in October 1958 and spent her 13 years in Brussels where her father Ernst Albrecht was one of the first pan-European civil servants.
Later, she was brought up bilingually in German and French. She moved to Hanover in 1971, when her father entered politics to become Minister-President of the state of Lower Saxony in 1976.
One of seven children, she was raised in a Christian household that adhered to the traditional model of the West German nuclear family.
Her mother, Heidi took a supporting role at times leading a family choir that serenaded its patriarch on German TV shows and states.
Talking about her grandfather Carl Albrecht, he is the psychologist who was known for developing a new method of meditation and for his research on mystical consciousness.
In 2013, she became first Germany’s female defense minister. Regarding her educational background, she attends the University of Gottingen, University of Munster, London School of Economics, Hannover Medical School.
Indeed Ursula von der Leyen was included in Time’s 100 Most Influential people of 2020 as well.
Ursula von der Leyen Husband: Who Is She Married To?
Ursula von der Leyen was happily married to her supportive husband Heiko von der Leyen in the year 1986. Her husband is well known German physician and member of the noble family von der Leyen.
Since December 2020, he is medical director of the US biotech company Orgenesis which is specialized in cell and gene therapies.
Moreover, Ursula von der Leyen is very lucky to get such a supportive husband in her life where she is blessed with support and care continuously since her marriage to him.
Ursula von der Leyen Children: How Many Children Does She Has?
Ursula von der Leyen and her husband Heiko von der Leyen have been blessed with seven children as of now. Therefore, she has juggled a prolific career with family life.
Raising seven children and following the governmental work at the same time became the toughest time for her which she has to handle in every way possible and now she is the leader of Germany’s women.
She preferred to spend weekends at the family home in Beinhorn near Hanover when her children were still young.