- Has his look-alike puppet in the French show Les Guignols de l'info (1988).
- He and wife Doris adopted a 3-year-old girl named Viktoria from Russia (2004).
- Adopted his wife Doris' daughter Klara (born 1991) when he married her.
- Was brought up by his mother Erika after his father Fritz had been killed in action in World War II in Romania on 4 October 1944.
- German chancellor from 27 October 1998 to 22 November 2005.
- Politician (Federal Republic of Germany).
- Minister President of the West German Federal State Lower Saxony (1990-1998).
- Half-brother of Lothar Vosseler.
- After stepping down as chancellor, he accepted a post as the head of the shareholder's committee in a Russian-led consortium, controlled by the gas company Gazprom, which is building a pipeline from Russia to Germany. Thus, he was heavily criticized because he signed the agreement during the final weeks in office and he is a close personal friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
- His autobiography "Entscheidungen" was published in October 2006.
- Only German chancellor to be born in a village.
- Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, SPD (1999-2004).
- Chairman of Lower Saxonian SDPD (1994-1998).
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