Ursula in a jeans suit seeing off Germany's first relief flight to Iran in support of the people suffering the IS invasion (©AP) |
She measures only 161 cm (5' 3'') ist klein aber oho (is small but what a performance)! Ursula is the daughter of Ernst Albrecht, former governor of the state of Lower-Saxony. She was raised in a family of seven siblings in Brussels and Lehrte near Hannover, and she decided not to opt for less. She is a mother of seven children too.
From the grand stand in the Bundestag (House of Parliament): Seven children and a husband observing Ursula taking oath of office as Minister of Defense (©dpa) |
She only joined the Christian Democrats (CDU) in 1990 and in 2003 became Minister of Social Affairs, Women, Family, and Health in the state of Lower-Saxony.
In 2005 Chancellor Angela Merkel made Ursula Federal Minister of Senior Citizens, Women and Youth. Elected into the Bundestag (Federal Parliament) in 2009 she became Minister of Labour and Social Affairs. Following Ursula's re-election in 2013 Merkel made her Minister of Defense. What a career!
Ursula on a visit to the German ISAF troops in Afghanistan. Feeling well among her boys and sometimes girls (©Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images) |
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Angela Merkel
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Ursula von der Leyen
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Age
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60
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54
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Religion
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Protestant
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Catholic
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Education
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Doctor in Physics
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Doctor in Medicine
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Family Status
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Divorced and remarried
| Married |
Husband
| Professor of Physics | Professor of Medicine |
Children
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0
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7
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Languages
| German, Russian, English | German, French, English |
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