German
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* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
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: ''Kabinett Schröder I'') was the 19th
Government
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of
Federal Republic of Germany
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in office from 27 October 1998 until 22 October 2002. It succeeded the
Fifth Kohl cabinet
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Gerhard Schröder
Gerhard Fritz Kurt "Gerd" Schröder (; born 7 April 1944) is a German lobbyist and former politician, who served as the chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005. From 1999 to 2004, he was also the Leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany ...
,
Minister President of Lower Saxony
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, reached an agreement on a
coalition
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Formation
According to ''A Gui ...
with the
Alliance 90/The Greens
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(Greens) and his
Social Democratic Party
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Active parties
For ...
(SPD), setting the stage for Schröder to become
Chancellor of Germany
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.
Joschka Fischer
Joseph Martin "Joschka" Fischer (born 12 April 1948) is a German retired politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens. He served as the foreign minister and as the vice-chancellor of Germany in the cabinet of Gerhard Schröder from 1998 to 2005. Fis ...
(Greens) replaced
Klaus Kinkel
Klaus Kinkel (17 December 1936 – 4 March 2019)
(FDP) as
Vice-Chancellor of Germany
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Second Schröder cabinet
The Second Schröder cabinet (German: ''Kabinett Schröder II'') was the 19th Government of Federal Republic of Germany in office from 22 October 2002 until 22 November 2005. It succeeded the First Schröder cabinet formed after the 2002 elect ...