Ulla Schmidt | |
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.jpg) Schmidt in 2018 | |
| Vice President of the Bundestag (on proposal of the SPD group) | |
| In office 22 October 2013 – 24 October 2017 | |
| Preceded by | none (second VP post for the SPD-group was created after the 2013 election) |
| Succeeded by | none (the SPD group was not allowed to propose a second VP after the 2017 election) |
| Federal Minister of Health | |
| In office 22 November 2005 – 27 October 2009 | |
| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Preceded by | Herself (Health and Social Security) |
| Succeeded by | Philipp Rösler |
| In office 12 January 2001 – 22 October 2002 | |
| Chancellor | Gerhard Schröder |
| Preceded by | Andrea Fischer |
| Succeeded by | Herself (Health and Social Security) |
| Federal Minister of Health and Social Security | |
| In office 22 October 2002 – 22 November 2005 | |
| Chancellor | Gerhard Schröder |
| Preceded by | Walter Riester (Social Affairs) Herself (Health) |
| Succeeded by | Franz Müntefering (Social Affairs) Herself (Health) |
| Member of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| Assumed office 27 September 2009 | |
| Constituency | SPD List |
| In office 2 December 1990 – 27 September 1998 | |
| Constituency | SPD List |
| Member of the Bundestag for Aachen I | |
| In office 27 September 1998 – 27 September 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Armin Laschet |
| Succeeded by | Rudolf Henke |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 June 1949 Aachen, West 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 13 June 1949) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). From 2001 to 2009 she was Federal Minister of Health in the German Government. Between 2013 and 2017, she served as Vice-President of the German Bundestag.