Politicians from Hanover

Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen is a German politician and physician who has served as President of the European Commission since 2019. She served in the German federal government between 2005 and 2019, holding positions in Angela Merkel's cabinet, most recently as Federal Minister for Defence. She is a member of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its affiliated European political party, the European People's Party (EPP). On 7 March 2024, the EPP elected her as its Spitzenkandidat to lead the campaign for the 2024 European Parliament elections. She was re-elected to head the Commission in July 2024.

German politician (born 1980)

German politician (1865-1951)

German Holocaust perpetrator (1883-1945)

Danish politician (1712-1772)

German naval officer and politician (1873-1923)

Danish politician (1735-1797)

Spanish politician (born 1945)

German politician (SPD) (1925-2016)

German politician

German politician

German politician and journalist (1850-1947)

software developer and a former leader of the Pirate Party Germany

German noble and diplomat (1656-1732)

German politician (1908-1969)

German-British politician (born 1960)

German politician

German Economist and Public Manager, former Politician (Mayor / Bürgermeister)

German publisher (1904–2002)

German politician

German businessman and politician (FDP)

German politician

German trade unionist and politician (1907–1972)

German politician

German politician (SPD)

German former neo-Nazi activist

German politician

German politician (1884-1965)