1999 in Germany

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See also:	Other events of 1999 List of years 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

• German presidential election, 1999
• European Parliament election, 1999 (Germany)
• Brandenburg state election, 1999
• Bremen state election, 1999
• Hessian state election, 1999
• Saarland state election, 1999
• Saxony state election, 1999

Events

• June 18–20: The 25th G8 summit is held in Cologne.
• November 4: A court in Augsburg filed an arrest warrant for Walther Leisler Kiep due to the CDU donations scandal.

Deaths

• January 2 - Sebastian Haffner, German author and journalist (born 1907)
• February 12 - Heinz Schubert, German actor and comedian (born 1925)

References