Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission and the first woman to hold the position, recently ranked first on the Forbes 2022 list of the “World’s 100 Most Powerful Women.” Forbes credited von der Leyen’s rise from the No. 8 spot in 2021 to her handling of the war in Ukraine and the covid-19 pandemic, two crises that have tested the leadership of political executives around the world.

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