Gerhard Schröder
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Chancellor of Germany 7th Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany |
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In office 27 October 1998 – 22 November 2005 |
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| President |
Roman Herzog Johannes Rau Horst Köhler |
| Deputy | Joschka Fischer |
| Preceded by | Helmut Kohl |
| Succeeded by | Angela Merkel |
| Leader of the Social Democratic Party | |
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In office 12 March 1999 – 21 March 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Oskar Lafontaine |
| Succeeded by | Franz Müntefering |
| President of the Bundesrat | |
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In office 1 November 1997 – 27 October 1998 |
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| Preceded by | Erwin Teufel |
| Succeeded by | Hans Eichel |
| Prime Minister of Lower Saxony | |
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In office 21 June 1990 – 27 October 1998 |
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| Preceded by | Ernst Albrecht |
| Succeeded by | Gerhard Glogowski |
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Gerhard Fritz Kurt Schröder 7 April 1944 Mossenberg, Lippe, Germany (now Blomberg) |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Eva Schubach (1968–1972) Anne Taschenmacher (1972–1984) Hiltrud Hampel (1984–1997) Doris Köpf (1997–present) |
| Children | Viktoria Gregor |
| Alma mater | University of Göttingen |
| Religion | Lutheranism |
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Gerhard Fritz Kurt Schröder ([ˈɡɛɐ̯haɐ̯t fʁɪts kʊʁt ˈʃʁøːdɐ]; born 7 April 1944) is a German politician, and served as Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005. As a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), he led a coalition government of the SPD and the Greens. Before becoming a full-time politician, he was a lawyer, and before becoming Chancellor he served as Prime Minister of Lower Saxony (1990–1998). Following the 2005 federal election, which his party lost, after three weeks of negotiations he stood down as Chancellor in favour of Angela Merkel of the rival Christian Democratic Union. He is currently the chairman of the board of Nord Stream AG, after having been hired as a global manager by investment bank Rothschild, and also the chairman of the board of football club Hannover 96.
Schröder was born in Mossenberg, Lippe (today an outlying centre of Blomberg, North Rhine-Westphalia). His father, Fritz Schröder, a lance corporal in the Wehrmacht, was killed in action in World War II in Romania on 4 October 1944, almost six months after Gerhard's birth. His mother, Erika (née Vosseler), worked as an agricultural laborer so that she could support herself and her two sons.
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