1999 German presidential election

None December 2021 1999 German presidential election Germany presidential no 1994 German presidential election 1994 2004 German presidential election 2004 23 May 1999 Nominators 160x160px Johannes Rau Social Democratic Party of Germany SPD, Grüne 657 (1st round)690 (2nd round) 160x160px Dagmar Schipanski Christian Democratic Union (Germany) CDU/CSU 588 (1st round)572 (2nd round) PDS 160x160px Uta Ranke-Heinemann Independent (politician) 69 (1st round)62 (2nd round) President Roman Herzog Christian Democratic Union (Germany) Johannes Rau Social Democratic Party of Germany An indirect presidential election (officially the 11th Federal Convention) saw the former Social Democrat minister-president of North Rhine-Westphalia defeat Christian Democrat Dagmar Schipanski and the nonpartisan academic Uta Ranke-Heinemann, who had been endorsed by the Party of Democratic Socialism.Cohen Roger A Social Democrat Is Elected the New President of Germany https://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/24/world/a-social-democrat-is-elected-the-new-president-of-germany.html 6 March 2025 The New York Times 24 May 1999To the polls https://www.economist.com/europe/1999/05/20/to-the-polls 6 March 2025 The Economist 20 May 1999No Change in Sight https://www.dw.com/en/theologian-new-leader-wont-change-german-catholic-church/a-3063524 6 March 2025 Deutsche Welle 17 January 2008 en Composition of the Federal Convention The president is elected by the Federal Convention consisting of all the members of the Bundestag and an equal number of delegates representing the states. These are divided proportionally by population to each state, and each state's delegation is divided among the political parties represented in its parliament so as to reflect the partisan proportions in the parliament. By party By statePartyMembersStateMembersSPD565Bundestag669CDU/CSU547Baden-Württemberg82Greens96Bavaria98PDS65Berlin27FDP56Brandenburg23Republicans7Bremen5DVU2Hamburg13Total1338Hesse47Mecklenburg-Vorpommern16North Rhine-Westphalia143Rhineland-Palatinate33Saarland9Saxony39Saxony-Anhalt24Schleswig-Holstein23Thuringia22Total1338 Source: Eine Dokumentation aus Anlass der Wahl des Bundespräsidenten am 18. März 2012 Results CandidateNominating partyRound One Round TwoVotesPercentageVotesPercentage Johannes Rau SPD, Greens 657 49.1 690 51.6 Dagmar Schipanski CDU/CSU 588 43.9 572 42.8 Uta Ranke-Heinemann Independent (endorsed by PDS) 69 5.2 62 4.6 References Presidential election 1999 Presidential election Category:Johannes Rau