There is also another Gerhard Schröder, the Social-Democratic Chancellor of Germany from 1998.

Gerhard Schröder (September 11, 1910 - December 31, 1989) was a German Christian-Democrat politician.

He held federal office as Minister of the Interior (1953-1961) and as Minister of Foreign Affairs (1961-1966) in the cabinets of Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and of Ludwig Erhard. From 1966 to 1969 he served as Minister of Defence under Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger.

External link

• Martin Menke: Review of Torsten Oppelland, Gerhard Schroeder (1910-1989): Politik zwischen Staat, Partei und Konfession, H-German, H-Net Reviews, March, 2004.

Preceded by: Heinrich von Brentano di Tremezzo

Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs 1961-1966

Succeeded by: Willy Brandt