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Ursula von der Leyen assumed her office as Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth in 2005. Amidst protest (particularly from the conservative wing of the CDU ), she introduced the Child Advancement Act [ de ] ( Kinderförderungsgesetz ), which reserved 4.3 billion euros for the creation of childcare structures ...
The von der Leyen family (German pronunciation: [fɔn deːɐ̯ ˈlaɪən]) is a German noble family which made its fortune as silk merchants and silk weaving industrialists. The Mennonite family established a major textile business in Krefeld in the 18th century.
Prior to 1660, Hugo Ernst (line Leyen-Adendorf) became Lord of Blieskastel and, in 1657, was created Reichsfreiherr (Imperial baron) von der Leyen. In addition to its scattered territories the family acquired the lordships of Burresheim and Blieskastel before 1660, where it built a residence around 1760.
The conductor George Alexander Albrecht was the father of the chief conductor of the Dutch National Opera Marc Albrecht while Ernst Albrecht was the father of the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen (née Albrecht) and of her younger brother, the businessman Hans-Holger Albrecht. [1] [2] [3]
Heiko Echter von der Leyen (born 2 June 1955) is a German physician. He was born into the von der Leyen family in Hanover , which belonged to the German nobility . Von der Leyen is married to Ursula von der Leyen , the President of the European Commission since 2019.
Albrecht married Heidi Adele Stromeyer (1928–2002) in 1953. They had seven children, among them politician Ursula von der Leyen and Hans-Holger Albrecht, President & CEO of the international telecom and media group Deezer. A daughter died at age 11 and one son at age 49 of cancer. His brother was George Alexander Albrecht, a conductor.
Among their great-grandchildren are the politician Ursula von der Leyen (née Albrecht), the businessman Hans-Holger Albrecht and the conductor Marc Albrecht. [3] His wife was the older sister of the cotton merchant Edward T. Robertson, who moved to Bremen in 1905 to establish Edward T. Robertson & Son. [4]
von der Leyen (German pronunciation: [fɔn deːɐ̯ ˈlaɪən] ⓘ) may refer to: Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission First Von der Leyen Commission; Second von der Leyen Commission; House of Leyen, a German noble family Fürst von der Leyen und zu Hohengeroldseck, a noble title held by the family