1999 in Germany
# 1999 in Germany

Events in the year 1999 in Germany.

## Incumbents

* President - Roman Herzog (until 30 June), Johannes Rau (starting 1 July)
* Chancellor – Gerhard Schröder

## Elections

* 1999 German presidential election
* 1999 European Parliament election in Germany
* 1999 Brandenburg state election
* 1999 Bremen state election
* 1999 Hessian state election
* 1999 Saarland state election
* 1999 Saxony state election

## 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

* June 11 – Kai Havertz, German footballer
* 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)
