Abstract. If {Xrt > 0} is a real strong Markov process whose paths assume a (last) minimum at some time M strictly before the lifetime, then conditional on /, the value of this minimum, the process [X(M + t),t> 0} is shown to be Markov with stationary transitions which depend on /. For a wide class of Markov processes, including those obtained from Levy processes via time change and multiplicative functional, a zen -one law is shown to hold at M in the sense that C\>0o[X(M + s),s < i) -» o{X(M)}, modulo null sets. When such a law holds, the evolution of (X(M + t),t > 0) depends on events before M only through X(M) and /.