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Peter Struck (born 24 January 1943 in Göttingen) is a lawyer, member of the Social Democratic Party
of Germany and was the German Minister
of Defence under chancellor Gerhard Schröder from 22 October 2002
until 2005.
Education
Struck studied law at the universities of Göttingen and Hamburg. In 1971 he graduated to Dr. iur. (Doctor of Laws).
Politics
Peter Struck was a member of the Bundestag from 1980 until 2009.
From 1990 to 1998 he was whip (Parliamentarischer
Geschäftsführer) of the SPD parliamentary group. From 1998 to
2002 he was chairman of the SPD parliamentary group. In 2002 he
succeeded Rudolf Scharping in the position of
Defence Minister, and served in that position until 2005. He now is
"Fraktionschef" (leader of the SPD Group in the Bundestag) of the
SPD.
Controversies
When an elderly man was severely beaten up in Munich by two immigrant youths, Struck
claimed that his political opponent, Roland Koch, was probably happy for the
beating because now Koch could start a supposedly polemic
discussion about problems with young violent immigrants. When Koch
demanded an apology, Struck replied "Bite me!". In a Parliament
debate some days later, Jürgen Gehb, CDU Speaker for law politics,
said that "we will try to continue working with you, but with
minimal contact to your backside".[1][2]
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