Austria's President Heinz Fischer (R) signs the letter of appointment after Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel (L) was sworn in as Interior Minister in Vienna's imperial Hofburg palace January 2, 2007. Austrian Interior Minister Liese Prokop, a former Olympic pentathlon silver medallist, died on New Year's eve on her way to hospital after suffering a ruptured blood vessel, the ministry said on Monday. REUTERS/Herwig Prammer (AUSTRIA)