Ulla Schmidt

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Ulla Schmidt
Federal Minister of Health  Germany
Incumbent
Assumed office  January 12, 2001
Preceded by	Andrea Fischer
Federal Minister of Health and Social Security  Germany
In office October 22, 2002 – November 22, 2005
Preceded by	Walter Riester (Social Affairs)
Succeeded by	Franz Müntefering (Social Affairs)
Born	June 13, 1949 (1949-06-13) (age 60) Aachen, Germany
Nationality	Germany
Political party	Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)
Alma mater	Teaching College of Aachen
Profession	Teacher for Primary and General Schools
Website	ulla-schmidt.de

Ursula (Ulla) Schmidt (born June 13, 1949 in Aachen) is a German politician. She is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).

[edit] Party memberships

In 1976 she was a candidate of the maoistic "Kommunistischer Bund Westdeutschland" (KBW) (Communist League of West Germany) for the Federal Assembly of Germany (Bundestag) in Aachen. The KBW dissolved completely in 1985.

In 1983 she changed to the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). There she is a member of the local (Aachen) leadership and of the "Seeheimer Kreis".

[edit] Cabinet positions

In 2001, she became Federal Minister for Health under Gerhard Schröder . A year later, the responsibility for social security was added to her portfolio and she was appointed Federal Minister for Health and Social Security .

In November 2005 , she again became Federal Minister for Health in the Grand Coalition of Angela Merkel. Social security was reunited with the portfolio of labour, which in 2002 had been added to that of the Federal Minister for Economics.

In 2009, she criticized statements made by Pope Benedict XVI on the futility of condoms in AIDS prevention. ^[1]

[edit] See also

• Kommunistischer Bund Westdeutschland (wiki-de)
• Seeheimer Kreis (wiki-de)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official Site of Ulla Schmidt

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