First female President of European Commission, who was elected recently was _____ ?

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1) Sahra Wagenknecht
2) Angela Merkel
3) Christine Lagarde
4) Ursula von der Leyen

Explanation:
European Parliament elected Ursula von der Leyen as the President of the next European Commission. She will succeed Jean-Claude Juncker. She is set to take office on 1 November 2019 for a five-year term. Out of 733 votes casted, 383 members voted in favour of her.Earlier, She served in the federal government of Germany from 2005 to 2019 as the longest-serving member of Angela Merkel’s cabinet. She is a member of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

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