17. prosince 2013 převzala dr. Ursula von der Leyen úřad německé spolkové ministryně obrany.

dr. Ursula von der Leyen

Date of birth: 8 October 1958
Place of birth: Brussels

Political career

Since December 2013: Minister of Defence

2009 - 2013: Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs

2005 - 2009: Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth

Since December 2004: Member of the Presidium of the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) of Germany

March 2003 to November 2005: Minister for Social Affairs, Women, Family Affairs and Health, Lower Saxony

2003 - 2005: Member of the CDU in the State Assembly of Lower Saxony

2001 - 2004: Held various local political positions in the region of Hanover

1999: Member of the Physicians’ Working Group of the CDU in Lower Saxony

Since 1990: Member of the CDU

Professional and academic career

1998 - 2002: Member of the academic staff, Department of Epidemiology, Social Medicine and Health System Research, Hanover Medical School (Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, MHH)

1995: Market analysis, Stanford Health Services Hospital Administration

1993: Auditing guest, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University

1992 - 1996: Lived in Stanford, California, USA

1988 - 1992: Assistant physician, Women's Clinic, Hanover Medical School

Education

2001: Master of Public Health (M.P.H.)

1991: Doctorate

1987: State examination and licence to practice

1980 - 1987: Studied medicine at the Hanover Medical School

1978: London School of Economics

1977 - 1980: Studied economics, Göttingen and Münster

1971 - 1976: Attended grammar school with a special focus on mathematics and science, Lehrte

1964 - 1971: European School of Brussels