title: Cabinet Schröder III (Lower Saxony)
text: # Cabinet Schröder III (Lower Saxony)
  
  The Cabinet Schröder III was the state government of the German state of Lower Saxony from 30 March 1998 until 27 October 1998. The Cabinet was headed by Minister President Gerhard Schröder and was formed by the Social Democratic Party, after Schröder's winning of the 1998 Lower Saxony state election. On 30 March 1998 Schröder was re-elected and sworn in as Minister President by the Landtag of Lower Saxony.
  
  On 27 October 1998, Gerhard Schröder resigned as Minister President hours before taking office as Chancellor of Germany in October 1998, after his successful win in 1998 German federal election. One member of this cabinet - Funke - was also part of Schröder's first cabinet as Chancellor.
  
  His cabinet was succeeded by his former deputy Gerhard Glogowski, forming the Cabinet Glogowski.
  
  ## Composition
  
  | Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Minister President | Gerhard Schröder | 30 March 1998 | 27 October 1998 | SPD |
  | Deputy Minister President & Minister of the Interior | Gerhard Glogowski | 30 March 1998 | 27 October 1998 | SPD |
  | Minister of Economics, Technology and Transport | Peter Fischer | 30 March 1998 | 27 October 1998 | SPD |
  | Minister of Nutrition, Agriculture and Forestry | Karl-Heinz Funke | 30 March 1998 | 27 October 1998 | SPD |
  | Minister of Finance | Heinrich Aller | 30 March 1998 | 27 October 1998 | SPD |
  | Minister of Justice and European Affairs | Wolf Weber | 30 March 1998 | 27 October 1998 | SPD |
  | Minister of Education | Renate Jürgens-Pieper | 30 March 1998 | 27 October 1998 | SPD |
  | Minister of Science and Culture | Thomas Oppermann | 30 March 1998 | 27 October 1998 | SPD |
  | Minister of the Environment | Wolfgang Jüttner | 30 March 1998 | 27 October 1998 | SPD |
  | Minister of Women, Labour and Social Affairs | Heidrun Merk | 30 March 1998 | 27 October 1998 | SPD |
  