What is Gerhard Schröder?
[[Image:Gerhard Schröder 20160112 03 (cropped).jpg|thumb|180px|Schröder in 2016]] '''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|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]]). ==Other websites== {{Commonscat-inline|Gerhard Schröder}} {{Kanzler}} {{Presidents of the Bundesrat of Germany}} {{SPDHeads}} {{Presidents of the European Council}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Schroder, Gerhard}} [[Category:1944 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Chancellors of Germany]] [[Category:Members of the German Bundestag]] [[Category:Lawyers from North Rhine-Westphalia]] [[Category:Ministers-President of Lower Saxony]] [[Category:Politicians from North Rhine-Westphalia]]