ursula von der leyen is a german politician who's currently serving as the 13th president of the european commission since 2019. she was also germany's minister of defense under chancellor angela merkel from december 17, 2013  july 17, 2019. her father ernst albrecht worked as one of the first european civil servants from the establishment of the european commission in 1958, first as chef de cabinet to the european commissioner for competition hans von der groeben in the hallstein commission, and then as director-general of the directorate-general for competition from 1967 to 1970. ernst albrecht was also the minister-president of lower saxony and the president of the bundesrat, germany's legislative branch. ursula descends from the albrecht nobility bloodline which is a north german family whose members have been prominent as civil servants, politicians and businesspeople. the family was prominent in the kingdom of hanover.  i previously mentioned how ursula von der leyen has attended world economic forum meetings. however, she has also attended the bilderberg group as well. pompeo visits elite event as trump policies raise questions on june 1, 2019 at apnews.com:   cf3d4d6db030f835e523a68d  montreux, switzerland (ap)  u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo on saturday joined jared kushner at a closed-doors meeting of the bilderberg group in the swiss resort of montreux, with many attendees uneasy about what one protester called the wrecking ball that president donald trumps administration has taken to the postwar international order. among the notable europeans attending this year are nato secretary general jens stoltenberg, german defense minister ursula von der leyen and the british and danish intelligence chiefs, jeremy fleming and lars findsen.   cht_family
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