Original: After German reunification on 3 October 1990 , she became a member of the Bundestag and , as other leading members of the last GDR government , was also appointed to the Federal Minister for Special Affairs in Chancellor Helmut Kohl 's cabinet .
Simplified: She was Federal Minister for Special Affairs from 1990 to 1991 , and Under-Secretary of State for Health between 1991 and 1998 .