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Events in the year1999 inGermany.

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

• 1999 German presidential election^[1]
• 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

• January 1 - TheEuro Currency officially entered circulation in the digital transaction in theEuropean 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 companyInfineon Technologies was founded.
• April 12:Wuppertal Suspension Railway accident
• April 19:Reichstag building inBerlin opens the public for the first time in 66 years.
• June 18–20: The25th G8 summit is held inCologne.
• July 1: The final parliamentary meeting inBonn marks the government is officially moved to Berlin.
• November 4: A court inAugsburg filed anarrest warrant forWalther Leisler Kiep due to theCDU donations scandal.
• Date unknown: German companyHoechst AG merged with French companyRhône-Poulenc to form French companyAventis, which was formed to French CompanySanofi in 2004.

• June 11 –Kai Havertz, German footballer
• November 8 –Isaac Bonga, German basketball player

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• January 2 -Sebastian Haffner, German author and journalist (born1907)
• January 18 -Günter Strack, German actor (born1929)
• January 24 -Werner Jacobs German film director (born1909)
• February 12 -Heinz Schubert, German actor and comedian (born1925)
• February 19 -Georg Meier, German motorcycle racer (born1910)
• March 6 -Klaus Gysi, German politician (born1912)
• April 12 -Helga Seibert, German judge (born1939)
• April 13 -Willi Stoph, German politician (born1914)
• May 22 -Alfred Kubel, German politician (born1909)
• June 23 -Carl Lange, German actor (born1909)
• June 27 -Siegfried Lowitz, German actor (born1914)
• July 5 -Harald Philipp, German film director, screenwriter and actor (born1921)
• August 4 -Liselott Linsenhoff, German equestrian (born1927)
• August 13 -Ignaz Bubis, President of Central Council of Jews in Germany (born1927)
• August 17 -Reiner Klimke, German equestrian (born1936)
• August 25 -Georg Thomalla, German actor (born1915)
• September 20 -Willy Millowitsch, German actor (born1909)
• October 17 -Franz Peter Wirth, German film director (born1919)
• October 26 -Rex Gildo, German singer (born1936)
• November 2 -Ibrahim Böhme, German politician (born1944)
• November 26 -Angelika Hurwicz, German actress (born1922)
• December 11 -Harry Wüstenhagen, German actor (born1928)

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