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Gerhard Schröder

Person of interest · PEP · Politician · Close Associate

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 (current) · 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]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[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	correctiv.org				[sources]
Last change	2026-05-14	Last processed	2026-05-19	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
Eva Schubach Close Associate	spouse	1968	1972
Anne Taschenmacher Close Associate

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony	-	-

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

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons291,259

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories358,337

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

ACF List of War Enablers8,535

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

External databases

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Wikidata344,656

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,944

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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

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