1999 in Germany

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1999
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Germany

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See also:Other events of 1999
History of Germany  • Timeline  • Years

Events in the year 1999 in Germany.

Incumbents[]

  • President - Roman Herzog (until 30 June), Johannes Rau (starting 1 July)
  • ChancellorGerhard Schröder

Elections[]

Events[]

  • February 10–21 - 49th Berlin International Film Festival
  • March 12 - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999
  • April 1 - German company Infineon Technologies was founded.
  • April 12: Wuppertal Suspension Railway accident
  • April 19: Reichstag building in Berlin opens the public for the first time in 66 years.
  • June 18–20: The 25th G8 summit is held in Cologne.
  • July 1: The final parliamentary meeting in Bonn marks the government is officially moved to Berlin.
  • November 4: A court in Augsburg filed an arrest warrant for Walther Leisler Kiep due to the CDU donations scandal.
  • Date unknown: German company Hoechst AG merged with French company Rhône-Poulenc to form French company Aventis, which was formed to French Company Sanofi in 2004.

Births[]

  • November 8 – Isaac Bonga, German basketball player

Deaths[]

  • January 2 - Sebastian Haffner, German author and journalist (born 1907)
  • January 18 - Günter Strack, German actor (born 1929)
  • January 24 - Werner Jacobs German film director (born 1909)
  • February 12 - Heinz Schubert, German actor and comedian (born 1925)
  • February 19 - Georg Meier, German motorcycle racer (born 1910)
  • March 6 - Klaus Gysi, German politician (born 1912)
  • April 12 - Helga Seibert, German judge (born 1939)
  • April 13 - Willi Stoph, German politician (born 1914)
  • May 22 - Alfred Kubel, German politician (born 1909)
  • June 23 - Carl Lange, German actor (born 1909)
  • June 27 - Siegfried Lowitz, German actor (born 1914)
  • July 5 - Harald Philipp, German film director, screenwriter and actor (born 1921)
  • August 4 - Liselott Linsenhoff, German equestrian (born 1927)
  • August 13 - Ignaz Bubis , President of Central Council of Jews in Germany (born 1927)
  • August 17 - Reiner Klimke, German equestrian (born 1936)
  • August 25 - Georg Thomalla, German actor (born 1915)
  • September 20 - Willy Millowitsch, German actor (born 1909)
  • October 17 - Franz Peter Wirth, German film director (born 1919)
  • October 26 - Rex Gildo, German singer (born 1936)
  • November 2 - Ibrahim Böhme, German politician (born 1944)
  • November 26 - Angelika Hurwicz, German actress (born 1922)
  • December 11 - Harry Wüstenhagen, German actor (born 1928)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "IFES Election Guide | Country Profile: Germany". www.electionguide.org. Retrieved 2018-10-14.


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