Gerhard Schröder was a West German politician and member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party. He served as Federal Minister of the Interior from 1953 to 1961, as Foreign Minister from 1961 to 1966, and as Minister of Defence from 1966 until 1969. In the 1969 election he ran for President of the Federal Republic of Germany but was outpolled by Gustav Heinemann.
- Occupation
- politician, lawyer, jurist
- Position held
- Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Federal Minister of Defence, Federal Minister of the Interior, member of the German Bundestag
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Born
- September 11, 1910