- Gerhard Schröder (CDU)
Gerhard Schröder (
September 11 ,1910 -December 31 ,1989 ) was a West Germanpolitician and member of the Christian Democratic Union Party.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 ofLudwig Erhard . From 1966 to 1969 he served as Minister of Defence under ChancellorKurt Georg Kiesinger .In 1969 Gerhard Schröder ran for the Office of the Federal President (supported by CDU and
NPD ), but he was beaten byGustav Heinemann , the nominee of theSPD (supported byFDP ), at the third ballot with 49.4% to 48.8% of the votes of the Federal Assembly.External links
*Martin Menke: [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=129721081995973 Review of Torsten Oppelland, "Gerhard Schroeder (1910-1989): Politik zwischen Staat, Partei und Konfession"] , H-German, H-Net Reviews, March, 2004.
* [http://www.dhm.de/lemo/objekte/pict/DieZuspitzungDesKaltenKrieges_photoKanzlerwechsel/ Photograph] (Gerhard Schröder is the second person from the right).
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