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What was Ursula von der Leyen's alias while studying at the London School of Economics?

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While studying economics at the London School of Economics in the late 1970s, Ursula von der Leyen lived under the name Rose Ladson, which was the family name of her American great-grandmother from Charleston, South Carolina.
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