Ulla Schmidt
| Ulla Schmidt | |
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| Federal Minister of Health | |
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In office 12 January 2001 – 27 October 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Andrea Fischer |
| Succeeded by | Philipp Rösler |
| Federal Minister of Health and Social Security | |
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In office October 22, 2002 – November 22, 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Walter Riester (Social Affairs) |
| Succeeded by |
Franz Müntefering (Social Affairs) |
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June 13, 1949 Aachen, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| 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) is a German politician who currently serves as Vice-President of the German Bundestag. She is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).
Schmidt studied at RWTH Aachen University and FernUniversität Hagen before working as a teacher specialising in special needs education and the rehabilitation of children with learning difficulties and behavioural issues.
In 1976 Schmidt was a candidate of the Maoist "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, Schmidt changed to the Social Democratic Party (SPD). There she is a member of the local (Aachen) leadership and of the "Seeheimer Kreis". She was elected to the German Bundestag in the first elections in reunified Germany on 2 December 1990, representing the Aachen I constituency.
As deputy leader of the Social Democratic parliamentary group between 1998 and 2001, Schmidt first gained respect in Parliament for her strong defense of pension reforms proposed by Chancellor Gerhard Schröder government in 2000.
After the resignation of incumbent Andrea Fischer, who took the blame for the government's chaotic response to the discovery of 10 cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, Schmidt became Federal Minister for Health under Chancellor Gerhard Schröder in 2001. A year later, the responsibility for social security was added to her portfolio and she was appointed Federal Minister for Health and Social Security.
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