1999 in Germany

• 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==

• January 1 - The Euro Currency officially entered circulation in the digital transaction in the European Union (EU) Eurozone member area countries. • 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) • July 31 – Max Seela, German Waffen-SS officer (born 1911) • 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) • December 30 - Fritz Leonhardt, German structural engineer (born 1909) ==See also==