Cabinet Schröder III (Lower Saxony)

State government of Lower Saxony (March–October 1998)

Third Cabinet of Gerhard Schröder Cabinet Schröder III
21st Cabinet of Lower Saxony
30 March 1998 – 27 October 1998
Gerhard Schröder
Date formed	30 March 1998
Date dissolved	27 October 1998 (6 months, 3 weeks and 6 days)
People and organisations
Chancellor	Helmut Kohl
Minister President	Gerhard Schröder
Deputy Minister President	Gerhard Glogowski
Member party	Social Democratic Party
Opposition party	Christian Democratic Union Alliance 90/The Greens
Opposition leader	Christian Democratic Union
History
Election	1998 Lower Saxony state election
Legislature term	14th Landtag of Lower Saxony
Predecessor	Cabinet Schröder II
Successor	Cabinet Glogowski

The Cabinet Schröder III was the state government of the German state of Lower Saxony from 30 March 1998 until 27 October 1998. The Cabinet was headed by Minister President Gerhard Schröder and was formed by the Social Democratic Party, after Schröder's winning of the 1998 Lower Saxony state election. On 30 March 1998 Schröder was re-elected and sworn in as Minister President by the Landtag of Lower Saxony.

On 27 October 1998, Gerhard Schröder resigned as Minister President hours before taking office as Chancellor of Germany in October 1998, after his successful win in 1998 German federal election. One member of this cabinet - Funke - was also part of Schröder's first cabinet as Chancellor.

His cabinet was succeeded by his former deputy Gerhard Glogowski, forming the Cabinet Glogowski.

Composition


Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office
Minister President	Gerhard Schröder	30 March 1998	27 October 1998	SPD
Deputy Minister President & Minister of the Interior	Gerhard Glogowski	30 March 1998	27 October 1998	SPD
Minister of Economics, Technology and Transport	Peter Fischer	30 March 1998	27 October 1998	SPD
Minister of Nutrition, Agriculture and Forestry	Karl-Heinz Funke	30 March 1998	27 October 1998	SPD
Minister of Finance	Heinrich Aller	30 March 1998	27 October 1998	SPD
Minister of Justice and European Affairs	Wolf Weber	30 March 1998	27 October 1998	SPD
Minister of Education	Renate Jürgens-Pieper	30 March 1998	27 October 1998	SPD
Minister of Science and Culture	Thomas Oppermann	30 March 1998	27 October 1998	SPD
Minister of the Environment	Wolfgang Jüttner	30 March 1998	27 October 1998	SPD
Minister of Women, Labour and Social Affairs	Heidrun Merk	30 March 1998	27 October 1998	SPD

v t e Cabinets of Lower Saxony
Kopf I (1946–1947) Kopf II (1947–1948) Kopf III (1948–1951) Kopf IV (1951–1955) Hellwege I (1955–1957) Hellwege II (1957–1959) Kopf V (1959–1961) Diederichs I (1961–1963) Diederichs II (1963–1965) Diederichs III (1965–1967) Diederichs IV (1967–1970) Kubel I (1970–1974) Kubel II (1974–1976) Albrecht I (1976–1977) Albrecht II (1977–1978) Albrecht III (1978–1982) Albrecht IV (1982–1986) Albrecht V (1986–1990) Schröder I (1990–1994) Schröder II (1994–1998) Schröder III (1998) Glogowski (1998–1999) Gabriel (1999–2003) Wulff I (2003–2008) Wulff II (2008–2010) McAllister (2010–2013) Weil I (2013–2017) Weil II (2017–2022) Weil III (since 2022)