“She’s popular, and a bit maddening, in the way that only a woman with seven children, a medical degree, fluency in three languages, an aristocratic–academic–pharmaceutical-entrepreneur husband, and a record of promoting both Christian values and paternity leave can be. She was called ‘Zensursula’—censorship, Ursula—because of a campaign against child pornography on the Internet; her father was a politician who now suffers from Alzheimer’s, and whom she cares for at home. Also, she dresses well, without being gaudy.”
Amy Davidson at The New Yorker describing Ursula von der Leyen, a favorite to become Germany’s new President.
The job pays €213,000 a year — for life. It’s primarily a ceremonial role as head of state. The German chancellor heads the government; at present that is Angela Merkel.