The Cabinet Schröder III was the state government of the

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from 30 March 1998 until 27 October 1998. The Cabinet was headed by Minister President

Gerhard Schröder Gerhard Fritz Kurt Schröder (; born 7 April 1944) is a German former politician and Lobbying, lobbyist who served as Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005. From 1999 to 2004, he was also the Leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (S ...

and was formed by the

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, after Schröder's winning of the

1998 Lower Saxony state election The 1998 Lower Saxony state election was held on 1 March 1998 to elect the members of the 14th Landtag of Lower Saxony. The incumbent Social Democratic Party (SPD) government led by Minister-President Gerhard Schröder was returned with an increas ...

. On 30 March 1998 Schröder was re-elected and sworn in as Minister President by the

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. On 27 October 1998, Gerhard Schröder resigned as Minister President hours before taking office as

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in October 1998, after his successful win in

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.Eine Zeitreise durch die Bundestagswahlen
/ref> One member of this cabinet - Funke - was also part of Schröder's first cabinet as Chancellor. His cabinet was succeeded by his former deputy

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, forming the Cabinet Glogowski.

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