Gerhard Schröder

Gerhard Schröder
Schröder in 2009
Chancellor of Germany
In office 27 October 1998 – 22 November 2005
President	Roman Herzog Johannes Rau Horst Köhler
Vice Chancellor	Joschka Fischer
Preceded by	Helmut Kohl
Succeeded by	Angela Merkel
Leader of Social Democratic Party of Germany
In office 12 March 1999 – 21 March 2004
Preceded by	Oskar Lafontaine
Succeeded by	Franz Müntefering
Personal details
Born	Gerhard Fritz Kurt Schröder (1944-04-07) 7 April 1944 Blomberg, Nazi Germany
Political party	Social Democratic Party (since 1963)
Spouse(s)	Eva Schubach (m. 1968-1972) Anne Taschenmacher (m. 1972-1984) Hiltrud Schwetje (m. 1984-1997) Doris Köpf (m. 1997-2018) So-yeon Schröder-Kim (2018-present)
Children	3

Gerhard Schröder was Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005.

He was born on 7 April 1944 in Mossenberg, North Rhine-Westphalia. After school he learned retail sales in a Lemgo from 1958 to 1961. After that he made his abitur (highest school exam in Germany) in Bielefeld. Then he studied law in Göttingen. After that he worked as a lawyer.

He joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany in 1963 and became chairman of its youth organisation in 1978. In 1986 he became a member of the State Parliament of Lower Saxony. In 1990 he was elected as Prime-Minister of Lower Saxony.

He became the chancellor of Germany in 1998. After elections in 2005, he was replaced by Angela Merkel. He is a member of the SPD (Social Democratic Party of Germany).

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