chancellor predecessor birth_place nationality party office profession birth_date term_start article_title term_end name alma_mater
gerhard schröder christian schmidt spittal an der drau germany social democratic party of germany parliamentarian defense germany member of the bundestag state secretary in the german federal ministry of lawyer 27 april 1944 27th october 1998 5th october 1980 walter kolbow
 22nd november 2005 27th september 2009 walter kolbow university of würzburg
walter kolbow

he was parliamentary state secretary -lrb- 1998-2005 -rrb- in the federal ministry of defense , as well as deputy chairman of spd parliamentary group in the german bundestag -lrb- 2005-2009 -rrb- .
