Gerhard Schröder
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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"SPD – Trust in Germany": Schröder in Esslingen.
Gerhard Schröder with Polish President Aleksander Kwaśniewski on 6 December 2000
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Gerhard Schröder with US President George W. Bush in Washington on 9 October 2001
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Schröder with Russian President Vladimir Putin at a dinner in Weimar, Germany, on 9 April 2002
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Schröder with George W. Bush, Vladimir Putin, Jacques Chirac and Junichiro Koizumi during the Victory Day Parade in Moscow, on 9 May 2005
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The Nord Stream opening ceremony on 8 November 2011 with Schröder, François Fillon, Angela Merkel, Mark Rutte, Dmitry Medvedev, Günther Oettinger, and Erwin Sellering
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Schröder at Putin's inauguration with Dmitry Medvedev and Patriarch Kirill on 7 May 2018
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Kim So-Yeon and Gerhard Schröder, 2018
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Ribbon bar: Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany – Grand Cross
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Ribbon bar: Golden Fleece Order (Georgia).
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