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Gregor Gysi of the ex-communist Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) is sworn in as a new government for the financial crisis-hit German capital, led by Social Democrats (SPD) with the PDS as their coalition partner, was voted into office January 17, 2002. The PDS has three of the cabinet posts, with the party's most prominent figure, Gregor Gysi, being put in charge of the economy. (KEYSTONE/EPA PHOTO DPA/PEER GRIMM)