EU chooses next leaders
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European Commission president

Confirmation required

Ursula von der Leyen, 60
Germany’s defence minister

Medical doctor and economist by training. Member of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats since 2005

Goal is for more integrated Europe – but among top priorities will be overseeing implementation of some kind of Brexit
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Head of European Central Bank

Christine Lagarde, 63
Managing director of IMF

Background in law. Appointed France’s trade minister in 2005 and finance minister in 2007, before becoming first woman to head IMF in 2011

No formal training in economics but widely regarded as tough and energetic negotiator
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European Council president

Charles Michel, 43
Belgium’s acting prime minister

Member of francophone liberal party appointed Belgium’s youngest prime minister in 2014, aged 38

Deft coalition-builder will draw on experience of Belgium’s fractious politics to broker deals between sharply divided groups of EU leaders
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EU foreign policy chief
   
Confirmation required

Josep Borrell, 72
Spain’s foreign minister

Began career as member of Spanish Socialist Party in 1975. President
of EU Parliament from 2004-07

Outspoken opponent of Catalonia’s secession will have to oversee dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo, whose independence Spain does not recognise
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