Ursula von der Leyen took over at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs in November 2009 after four years as Federal Minister for Family Affairs. From 2003 to 2005 she was Minister for Social Affairs of Lower Saxony.

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Born on 8 October 58 in Brussels; married, seven children

1971 - 1976
Abitur (higher education entrance qualification) at Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliches Gymnasium (grammar school specialising in maths and science), Lehrte

1977 - 1980
Studied Economics in Göttingen, Münster

1978
London School of Economics

1980 - 1987
Studied Medicine at Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
(MHH - Medical School of Hanover)

1988 - 1992
Assitant Doctor, MHH Women's Clinic

since 1990
Member of the CDU

1991
Conferred a doctorate

1992 - 1996
Lived in Stanford, California/USA

1998 - 2002
Member of academic staff in the Department of Epidemiology,
Social Medicine and Health System Research (MHH)

1999
Member of the Working Group of Doctors (Arbeitskreis Ärzte) of CDU Lower Saxony

2001
Master's Degree in Public Health

2001 - 2004
Local political mandates in the region of Hanover

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

2003 - 2005
Minister for Social Affairs, Women, Family Affairs and Health of Lower Saxony

since 2004
Member of the Presidium of the CDU

since 2005
Chairwoman of the Family Affairs Committee "Eltern, Kind, Beruf" (Parents, Children, Work) of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU)

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

since November 2009
Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs

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