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Gerhard Schröder

Role
German chancellor
Lived
1944–
Country of activity
Germany Germany
Strongest axis
Federal 68%

Gerhard Schröder, a Social Democrat, was chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005. His government passed the Agenda 2010 labor and welfare reforms, liberalized citizenship, set a nuclear phase-out and refused to join the Iraq War; afterward he took posts with Russian energy firms.

In the 12 Axes register, Gerhard Schröder leans hardest on Federal – Unitary: Federal 68%; the register median is Unitary 68%.

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The twelve axes

Where Gerhard Schröder sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.

Government

Federal 68%Unitary

Federal

Governed Germany's federal republic from 1998 to 2005

Democratic 68%Autocratic

Representative Democracy

Led an SPD–Green parliamentary coalition

SecurityFreedom

Centrist

Passed 2001 same-sex partnership law and security packages

Diplomacy

Internationalism 68%Nationalism

Cooperation

Refused German participation in the 2003 Iraq war

MilitaristPacifist

Neutral

Sent troops to Kosovo and Afghanistan

AssimilationistMulticulturalist 68%

Polyculturalist

Liberalized citizenship law in 2000

Economy

CollectivizePrivatize

Mixed Economic

Agenda 2010 and Hartz reforms cut welfare entitlements

PlannedMarkets 68%

Markets

Blair–Schröder paper urged tax cuts and supply-side reform

IsolationismGlobalism 68%

Free Trade

Promoted Nord Stream and ties with Russia

Society

Irreligious 68%Religious

Agnostic

Took the oath of office without the religious formula

Progressive 68%Traditional

Progressive

Passed the 2001 registered partnership law

AccelerationBioconservative

Neutral

Decided the nuclear phase-out with renewables funding

What stands out

Set against the median of all 124 figures in the register.

Most distinctive axis

Federal – Unitary

On Federal – Unitary, Gerhard Schröder is at Federal 68%. The register median is Unitary 68%.

Most ordinary axis

Democratic – Autocratic

On Democratic – Autocratic, Gerhard Schröder is at Democratic 68%, almost the register median of Democratic 68%.

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Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.

Sources and image credit

Portrait: Пресс-служба Президента Республики Казахстан, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.

About these positions

The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].