| URSULA | ___ von der Leyen, German politician elected President of the European Commission in 2019 (6) |
| CORNISHPASTY | A small pie filled with meat and vegetables, given protected status by the European Commission in 2011 (7,5) |
| RUTO | William, Kenyan politician elected president in 2022 (4) |
| PERON | Juan (1895-1974), Argentine general and politician, elected President three times (5) |
| CASSON | Director of architecture at the Festival of Britain who was elected president of the Royal Academy in 1976 and illustrated the Prince of Wales' The Old Man of Lochnagar (6) |
| MEMBER | - of Parliament; any one of 650 politicians elected to serve in the House of Commons (6) |
| RUDOLF | German politician and Nazi leader sentenced to life imprisonment by the international tribunal in Nuremberg in 1946 (6,4) |
| SARWAR | Anas, politician elected leader of the Scottish Labour Party in 2021 (6) |
| MELONI | Giorgia, Italian politician elected Prime Minister of her country in 2022 (6) |
| POWELL | Lucy ___, Labour politician elected deputy leader in 2025 (6) |
| ANGELA | --- Merkel, former German politician (6) |
| LAIDUP | Out of commission, in a way |
| DWELT | Remained in the world of von der Leyen? That is out! (5) |
| BRANDT | Mark time as German politician |
| TOPSECRET | Violent protest about von der Leyen etc being privileged (3-6) |
| BULGARIA | Country whose new PM Radev was welcomed by Ursula von der Leyen. (8) |
| TRYGVELIE | Norwegian Labour politician elected as the first Secretary General of the United Nations in 1946 (6,3) |
| KENNEDY | Surname of the youngest person to be elected President of the United States (7) |
| SEBASTIANCOE | Former middle-distance runner elected president of the International Association of Athletics Federations in 2015 |
| AUSTRALIAHOUSE | What is the name of the office of the Australian High Commission in London? (9,5) |
