The German Chancellor after Kohl was Gerhard Schröder, an 8-letter word. Schröder was a German politician who served as Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005. He was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and led a coalition government of the SPD and the Greens. He was the first SPD chancellor since 1983 and the first to win re-election since the Second World War. Schröder's tenure was marked by several controversial reforms, including the Agenda 2010, which sought to reduce unemployment and increase economic growth.