Oskar Lafontaine
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Oskar Lafontaine is a German politician. He served as Minister-President of the state of Saarland from 1985 to 1998 and was federal leader of the Social Democratic Party from 1995 to 1999. He was the
Lafontaine in 2017
Lafontaine election poster, 1990
Gerhard Schröder
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Gerhard "Gerd" Fritz Kurt Schröder is a German former politician and lobbyist who served as Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005. From 1999 to 2004, he was also the Leader of the Social Democratic
Oskar Lafontaine
…was the lead candidate for the SPD in the 1990 German federal election, but lost by a wide margin. He served as Minister of Finance under Chancellor Gerhard Schröder after the SPD's victory in the 1998 federal election, but resigned from both the ministry and Bundestag less than six months later, positioning himself…
Schröder in 2019
"SPD – Trust in Germany": Schröder in Esslingen
Gerhard Schröder with Polish president Aleksander Kwaśniewski on 6 December 2000
Gerhard Schröder with US president George W. Bush in Washington on 9 October 2001