Schröter 1989 was a member of the
Social Democratic Party in the GDR, now Social Democratic Party (SPD), and a year later became chairman of the SPD District Association Oranienburg. In May 1990, Schröter was selected as Chief Executive of the Oranienburg circle. From 1990 to 1994 he was also a
Member of the Bundestag as a directly elected representative of the constituency Oranienburg - Nauen In 2006 Schroeter was a candidate for the post of chairman of the SPD in Brandenburg, from which
Matthias Platzeck withdrew. In 2007 Schröter demanded further decentralization of school policy in Brandenburg education as a key reform. Cities as education providers should also get the personal responsibility for the teachers In connection with the construction of the
Berlin Brandenburg International Airport Schröter pleaded in 2008 for keeping open
Berlin-Tegel Airport, otherwise, he feared a negative impact on economic development of the Upper Havel. In November 2009, Schröter was re-elected by the
county council as a district administrator. His new eight-year term will begin in March 2010. The parliamentary groups of
CDU SPD and
FDP previously had an application rejected in the district council, for a change to the Brandenburg
Communal Constitution, to choose the new district administrator directly by citizens. Some group members expressed a direct election was too risky for them. Schröter, in 2007, described as completely unnecessary, the direct election of district administrators in Brandenburg. Since 2014, Schröter has been serving as State Minister of the Interior in the government of Minister-President
Dietmar Woidke of
Brandenburg. As one of his state's representatives at the
Bundesrat, he serves on the Committee on Internal Affairs and the Defense Committee. == Comments ==