Peter Struck (born January 24, 1943 in Göttingen) is a lawyer, member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany and has been German Minister of Defence under chancellor Gerhard Schröder since October 22 2002.

• 1962: Abitur
• 1964: Member of the SPD

Education

Struck studied law at the universities of Göttingen and Hamburg. In 1971 he graduated to Dr jur. (doctor of laws).

Politics

Peter Struck is a member of the Bundestag since 1980. From 1990 to 1998 he was whip (Parlamentarischer Geschäftsführer) of the SPD parliamentary group. In 1998 he became chairman of the SPD parliamentary group. Four years later he succeded Rudolf Scharping in the position of Defence Minister.

Also see

• Politics of Germany

External links

• http://www.bmvg.de - Homepage of the Bundesministerium der Verteidigung
• http://www.bundeswehr.de - Homepage of the Bundeswehr (German army)