Ulla Schmidt
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Ulla Schmidt
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| Assumed office January 12, 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Andrea Fischer |
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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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| Born | June 13, 1949 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).
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[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".
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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]
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