Gerhard Schröder

Gerhard Schröder is a genuinely divisive figure, and that is precisely why I find him compelling. A lawyer who clawed his way to the German chancellorship and governed from 1998 to 2005, he led a bold SPD-Green coalition and pushed reforms that still shape debate today. His post-office turn toward lobbying and consulting has drawn heavy criticism, and fairly so, yet there is a consistency to the man: he follows his own convictions regardless of the backlash. Writing his memoirs feels of a piece with that, an insistence on owning his decisions. Politicians who refuse easy verdicts always hold my attention.

Name (English)

Gerhard Schröder

Name (Japanese)

ゲアハルト・シュレーダー

Reading

げあはると・しゅれーだー

Born

April 7, 1944 (age 82)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Monkey

Origin

Mossenberg-Wöhren, Detmold Government Region, Germany

Occupation

lawyer / politician / consultant / non-fiction writer / lobbyist

University

University of Göttingen

Awards & achievements

• German Media Award
• Quadriga
• Grand Order of Queen Jelena
• 2006 honorary citizen of Hanover
• Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Romania
• Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class
• 2003 honorary doctor of Saint Petersburg State University
• 2002 honorary doctor of the Tongji University

• Official sitehttp://gerhard-schroeder.de/en/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard%20Schr%C3%B6der
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B2%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8F%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2530

Tags

• Detmold Government Region
• lawyer
• politician
• consultant

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.