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Jul 2, 2019 · Von der Leyen has never worked for the EU, but she is no stranger to Brussels, where she spent most of her childhood. Ernst Albrecht, her father, worked for the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community, precursors to the EU, before moving back to Germany where he pursued a career in regional politics.
Mar 29, 2024 · False claims are circulating on social media that Ursula von der Leyen’s grandparents were Nazis and supporters of Adolf Hitler, but there’s no evidence whatsoever to back this up.
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Apr 21, 2023 · Standing behind German chancellor Konrad Adenauer is a young, dark-haired man with a broad smile: Ernst Albrecht, von der Leyen’s father.
Jan 15, 2024 · Her father Ernst Albrecht was one of the EU’s first civil servants. She spent the first 13 years of her life in the Ixelles neighborhood of Brussels, in the shadow of the EU institutions, attending the European school.
Albrecht was born and raised in Brussels, Belgium, to German parents. Her father, Ernst Albrecht, was one of the first European civil servants. She was brought up bilingually in German and French, and moved to Germany in 1971 when her father became involved in German politics.
Apr 30, 2021 · Von der Leyen was herself one of seven children, though her sister Benita-Eva died tragically in childhood. She was born in Brussels in 1958 to Ernst Albrecht and Heidi Adele Stromeyer.
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Sep 20, 2023 · At the age of 13, her family moved to Hanover in Germany, where her father Ernst Albrecht entered politics. He became the minister-president for the centre-right Christian Democratic Union party ...
