German Finance Minister Theo Waigel and Irene Epple, the giant slalom silver medalist at the 1980 Winter Olympics, were married Saturday in the bride's Bavarian hometown of Seeg, Germany.

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Waigel, 55, divorced his wife of 28 years last month. The couple separated several years ago, when Waigel's liaison with Epple became public knowledge. Ep-ple, 37, practices medicine.The affair and the divorce raised eyebrows in conservative Roman Catholic Bavaria and in Waigel's Christian Social Union, a coalition partner in the federal government.

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