Ulla Schmidt

Ulla Schmidt
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
Incumbent
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	(1949-06-13) 13 June 1949 (age 74) 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.