Gerhard Schröder (CDU)

Gerhard Schröder (11 September 1910 – 31 December 1989) was a West German politician and member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party. He was the Federal Minister of the Interior from 1953 to 1961. He was the Foreign Minister from 1961 to 1966. He was the Minister of Defence from 1966 until 1969. 

In the 1969 election, he unsuccessfully ran for President of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany).

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Other websites

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).

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