Gerhard Schröder was a German politician. He was born on September 11, 1910 and died December 31, 1989.
A member of the CDU party, he was Minister of the Interior from from 1953-61 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1961-66 under the Bundeskanzler Konrad Adenauer and Ludwig Erhard. From 1966-69 he was Minister of the Defense under Bundeskanzler Kurt Georg Kiesinger.
There is another Gerhard Schröder who is the current Bundeskanzler of Germany.