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Gerhard Schröder

Person of interest · Politician

Gerhard Schröder is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Gerhard Schröder · Gerhard Şröder · Gerhards Šrēders · Schroeder Gerhard · Shryoder Gerxard · 21 more...				[sources]
Alias	Gerchard Šreder · Gerd Schröder · Gerhard Fritz Kurt Schröder · Gerhard Schroder · Гергард Фріц Курт Шредер · 2 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Schröder · 格哈德·施罗德				[sources]
Birth date	1944-04-07				[sources]
Place of birth	Mossenberg-Wöhren				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Citizenship	Germany				[sources]
Classification	National government (past) · State government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Fritz · Gerhard · Kurt				[sources]
Last name	Schröder				[sources]
Political association	Social Democratic Party of Germany				[sources]
Website	gerhard-schroeder.de · gerhard-schroeder.de				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q2530				[sources]
Position	Federal Chancellor of Germany (1998-2005) · Low priority · Minister-President of Lower Saxony (1990-1998) · President of the Bundesrat of Germany (1997-1998) · chairman of the Social Democratic Party (1999-2004) · 7 more...				[sources]
Education	University of Göttingen				[sources]
Religion	Lutheranism				[sources]
Source link	www.digiporta.net · correctiv.org				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-15	Last processed	2026-02-04	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Reclassified from the category: Managers and their deputies, board members and boards of directors Former member of the Board of Directors of PJSC Rosneft Oil Company

— ACF List of War Enablers non-official source, 2025-07-17

Chancellor of West Germany (1998–2005)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-12-04

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Erika Vosseler Close Associate	mother	-	-
Hiltrud Schwetje Close Associate	spouse	1984

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Federal Chancellor of Germany	1998-10-27	2005-11-22

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Doris Schröder-Köpf Politician	spouse	1997	2018-04-11

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons316,237

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

ACF List of War Enablers8,516

A list of Russian decision-makers from government and business composed by ACF/FBK, the anti-corruption organization founded by Alexei Navalny

Russia · ACF · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories383,801

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions472,726

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata333,966

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: de-btg-mdb-11002078 · evpo-6c74a150-6c12-4678-b9b9-9faf19c62dd7 · acf-46a6f5690135994f81ac2029fdb75140ef7101d8

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