German Chancellor Kohl Loses Election to Schröder
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events: 1900-2001
- Categories: Government and Politics
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, Presidents, Prime Ministers, Elections, Voting
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, German History
- Geographical Location: Germany
- Date: September 27, 1998
Article abstract: In the election to the German lower house (Bundestag) on September 27, 1998, the voters for the first time in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany removed a sitting chancellor by replacing the Christian Democrat Helmut Kohl with the Social Democrat Gerhard Schröder.
German Politics
In 1990, the two German states, the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and the Democratic Republic of Germany (East Germany), became a single nation. West Germany’s Basic Law, or constitution, which was adopted in 1949 when West Germany...
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