President of the European Commission President-elect of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen resigns from her position as Federal Minister of Defence of Germany. Chancellor Angela Merkel appoints Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, the leader of the ruling CDU, as her successor. Leader of Merkel's CDU, Kramp-Karrenbauer, named German defense minister | DW | 17.07.2019 © DW Sources: DW
