Ursula von der Leyen (President of the European Commission)
Ursula von der Leyen is the first woman to serve as President of the European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union. She was elected in 2019 and is responsible for setting the EU's political agenda and overseeing its day-to-day operations. Von der Leyen has
Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen is a German politician and physician who has served as President of the European Commission since 2019. She served in the German federal government between 2005 and 2019, holding positions in Angela Merkel's cabinet, most recently as Federal Minister for Defence. She is a member of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its affiliated European political party, the European People's Party (EPP). On 7 March 2024, the EPP elected her as its Spitzenkandidat to lead the campaign for the 2024 European Parliament elections. She was re-elected to head the Commission in July 2024.