Gerhard Schröder (CDU)

For the former Chancellor of Germany, see Gerhard Schröder.

Gerhard Schröder in 1960

Gerhard Schröder (September 11, 1910 in Saarbrücken - December 31, 1989 in Kampen on Sylt) was a West German politician and member of the Christian Democratic Union Party.

A lawyer by profession, Schröder joined the Nazi Party and the SA in 1933.

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.

In 1969 Gerhard Schröder ran for the Office of the Federal President (supported by CDU and NPD), but he was beaten by Gustav Heinemann, the nominee of the SPD (supported by FDP), at the third ballot with 49.4% to 48.8% of the votes of the Federal Assembly.

External links

• Martin Menke: Review of Torsten Oppelland, Gerhard Schroeder (1910-1989): Politik zwischen Staat, Partei und Konfession, H-German, H-Net Reviews, March, 2004.
• Photograph (Gerhard Schröder is the second person from the right).
• Gerhard Schröder (CDU) in the German National Library catalogue (German)

Political offices
Preceded by Robert Lehr	Federal Minister of the Interior 1953–1961	Succeeded by Hermann Höcherl
Preceded by Heinrich von Brentano di Tremezzo	Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs 1961–1966	Succeeded by Willy Brandt
Preceded by Kai-Uwe von Hassel	Federal Minister of Defence 1966–1969	Succeeded by Helmut Schmidt