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Gerhard Fritz Kurt "Gerd" Schröder (German: [ˈɡeːɐ̯haʁt fʁɪts kʊʁt ˈʃʁøːdɐ] ⓘ; born 7 April 1944) is a German former politician who was the chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005. From 1999 to 2004, he was also the Leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).
Kurt Schröder (1888–1962) was a German composer and conductor. Schröder composed a number of film scores . During the 1930s he worked in Britain for Alexander Korda 's London Film Productions , and scored the company's breakthrough hit The Private Life of Henry VIII in 1933.
Gerhard Schröder is the first of a new generation of vibrant German leaders. He took on the newly reunited Germany and boldly ushered the world’s third largest economy into the 21st century. A charismatic and powerful national figure, Gerhard Schröder was elected Chancellor in 1998.
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Following his election as Minister-President in 1990, Schröder became a member of the board of the federal SPD. In 1997-1998 he served as President of the Bundesrat, but he left the office on October 27, three days before his term expired, when he became Chancellor as head of an SPD/Green coalition. At the September 22 2002 general elections, he se...
Domestic policies
In its first term, Schröder's government decided to phase out nuclear power, fund renewable energies, institute civil unions which enabled same-sex partners to enter into a civil union, and liberalize naturalization law. Most voters associated Schröder with the Agenda 2010 reform program, which included cuts in the social welfare system (national health insurance, unemployment payments, pensions), lowered taxes, and reformed regulations on employment and payment. After the 2002 election, the...
Foreign policy
Schröder sent forces to Kosovo and to Afghanistan as part of NATO operations. Prior to Schröder's Chancellorship, German troops had not taken part in combat actions since World War II. With Germany having a long experience with terrorism itself, Schröder declared solidarity with the United States after the September 11 terrorist attacks. When Schröder left office Germany had 2,000 troops in Afghanistan, the largest contingent from any nation other than the United States. Along with French Pre...
Schröder has been married four times, to: 1. Eva Schubach, married 1968, divorced 1972 2. Anne Taschenmacher, married 1972, divorced 1984 3. Hiltrud Hampel, aka Hillu,married 1984, divorced 1997 4. Doris Köpf, married 1997 Schröder's four marriages have earned him the nickname "Audi Man," a reference to the 4-ring symbol of Audi motorcars. Another ...
Gazprom
As Chancellor, Gerhard Schröder was a strong advocate of the Nord Stream pipeline project, which aims to supply Russian natural gas directly to Germany and thereby bypassing transit countries. The agreement to build the pipeline was signed two weeks before the German parliamentary election. On October 24, 2005, just a few weeks before Schröder stepped down as a Chancellor, the German government guaranteed to cover 1 billion euros of the Nord Stream project cost, should Gazprom default on a lo...
Dispute over Estonian war memorial
During a heated dispute between Russia and Estonia in May 2007 over the removal of a Soviet-era war memorial from the center of the Estonian capital, Tallinn, to a military cemetery Schröder defended the Kremlin's reaction. He remarked that Estonia had contradicted "every form of civilized behavior".Consequently, the Estonian government canceled a planned visit by Schröder in his function as chairman of Nord Stream AG.
In evaluating Schröder's political legacy, John Vinocur suggests that he failed to deliver the turn-around in the German economy that the nation needed. The highlight of his seven years may have been his popular opposition to the war in Iraq. However, "in two polls, one commissioned in August by the political review Cicero,the other last year by th...
2001. "Gerhard Schroder's vision for Europe." ECONOMIST -LONDON- ECONOMIST-. 37.2002. "Germany's election Gerhard Schroder clings on." ECONOMIST -LONDON- ECONOMIST-. 43.Acker, Kerry. Gerhard Schroeder. (Major world leaders) Philadelphia, PA: Chelsea House Publishers, 2004. ISBN 978-0791076521.Dalton, R.J. Germany's Vote for a "New Middle" - With his promise of a brighter future, Gerhard Schroder was elected chancellor after 16 years of rule by Helmut Kohl. Now Germans—And the world—Awai...All links retrieved June 20, 2017. 1. Profile: Gerhard Schroeder Gerhard Schroeder's career is a tale of rags to political riches, BBC News, July 2005.
Feb 28, 2023 · Gerhard Fritz Kurt Schröder, also known as Gerd Schröder, was born on April 7, 1944 in Mossenberg, Free State of Lippe, Nazi Germany (modern-day Blomberg, North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany.
Gerhard Fritz Kurt "Gerd" Schröder (German: [ˈɡeːɐ̯haʁt fʁɪts kʊʁt ˈʃʁøːdɐ]; born 7 April 1944) is a German lobbyist and former politician, who served as the chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005. From 1999 to 2004, he was also the Leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).
Wagner: Tannhäuser; Schröder (1950) Treptow, Eipperle, Schlusnus, Joesten, Rohr - YouTube. 0:00 / 3:08:34. Kurt Schröder, Hessian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Recorded Autumn, 1950, Frankfurt ...
