title: 1999 in Germany
text: # 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)
  