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A new German health minister was recently announced. Ulla Schmidt, a teacher and deputy leader of the Social Democratic parliamentary group, took over the position previously held by Andrea Fischer of the Green Party. Schmidt is known in Parliament for her defense of Germany's proposed pension reforms.

For more information, contact Bundesministerium Für Gesundheit, Am Propsthof 78A, D-53121 Bonn, Germany; phone: +49 228 9411170; fax: +49 228 9414919; e-mail: schorn@bmg.bundy.de; Internet: http://www.bmgesundheit.de.