Ursula von der Leyen elected European Commission President

 Ursula von der Leyen elected European Commission President

Germany's Ursula von der Leyen has been elected as the European Commission's president.

Her nomination was approved by 383 votes in a secret ballot on Tuesday evening at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France.

There were 327 votes against her and 22 abstentions. After being elected by a narrow margin of just nine votes over the required 374, von der Leyen called for a "united and strong Europe," CNN reported.

The 60-year-old outgoing German defense minister and multilingual mother of seven will succeed Jean-Claude Juncker, who has served as president since 2014 and will step down on October 31.

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