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Gerhard Schröder
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Gerhard Schröder's Biography

Gerhard Fritz Kurt Schröder (help·info) IPA: [ˌɡeɐ̯haɐ̯t fʁɪʦ kʊɐ̯t ˈʃʁøːdɐ] (born April 7, 1944), German politician, was Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005. 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 successful lawyer, and before becoming Chancellor he was Minister-president of the German state of Lower Saxony. 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.

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  • News Source: The Age | 2 days ago
    Lambsdorff's office says he died suddenly on Saturday in the former West German capital, Bonn...The aristocrat was long one of the leading lights of the pro-business Free Democratic Party (FDP), which served in most coalition governments since World
  • News Source: Variety | 3 days ago
    For the past year, reps of Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU/CSU alliance have sought to block the reappointment of ZDF's top news producer and editor-in-chief Nikolaus Brender despite his strong backing from the pubcaster's director general Markus
  • News Source: Seattle Times | 4 days ago
    Neither could former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, of course, but her suggestion that Russia's proximity to her home state made for foreign policy chops was spoofed endlessly during the 2008 campaign...As such, Tiny Fey won't be able to poke fun at his

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  • Blog Source: georgiandaily.com | 26 days ago
    Social-Democrat Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder became Nord Stream's German godfather in 2005, for a purely bilateral Russo-German project. His successor, Christian-Democrat Chancellor Angela Merkel –temporarily with the Social-Democrats ...
  • Blog Source: mickeys.co.za | about 1 month ago
    2001 – Germany's Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder pledges up to 3 900 German troops for the US war on terrorism, pushing the nation toward its most far-reaching military participation since World War II. 2002 – The UN children's agency ...
  • Blog Source: atlanticreview.org | about 1 month ago
    I wonder what the Obama team is asking the Merkel team right now.

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