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.