1988 in Germany

none October 2022 1988 1988 Events in the year 1988 in West Germany and East Germany. Incumbents West Germany President - Richard von Weizsäcker Federal Chancellor – Helmut Kohl East Germany General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany – Erich Honecker Chairman of the State Council – Erich Honecker Chairman of the Council of Ministers – Willi Stoph Events 12 - 23 February — 38th Berlin International Film Festival 31 March — Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 28 August — Ramstein air show disasterDumas D. Aug. 28, 1988: Ramstein Air Show Disaster Kills 70, Injures Hundreds https://www.wired.com/2009/08/0828ramstein-air-disaster/ 2026-02-06 Wired en-US 1059-1028From injuries to fatalities: Top 10 deadliest Airshow disasters in history https://www.khaleejtimes.com/business/aviation/top-10-deadliest-airshow-disasters-history 2026-02-06 Khaleej Times en Births 7 January – Lisett Stuppy, German politicianhttps://landtag-rlp.de/de/parlament/abgeordnete/abgeordnetensuche/lisett-stuppy-85 Stuppy, Lisett Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate de 18 January — Angelique Kerber, German tennis playerhttps://www.wtatennis.com/players/311470/angelique-kerber Angelique Kerber wtatennis.com Women's Tennis Association 20 January — Benjamin Ulrich, German rugby playerTotalRugby - Spielerinformationen - Benjamin Ulrich http://www.totalrugby.de/component/option,com_joomleague/func,showPlayer/p,7/pid,413/Itemid,48/ www.totalrugby.de 2025-12-01 29 February — Benedikt Höwedes, German football player 2 March — Simon Terodde, German football player 12 March — Sebastian Brendel, German sprint canoeistSebastian BRENDEL https://www.canoeicf.com/athlete/sebastian-brendel ICF - Planet Canoe 2016-08-04 2025-12-01 en 14 March — Rico Freimuth, German athleteRico FREIMUTH https://www.olympics.com/en/athletes/rico-freimuth Olympics.com 2025-12-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20250222010336/https://www.olympics.com/en/athletes/rico-freimuth 2025-02-22 en IOC 12 April — Lisa Unruh, German archerLisa UNRUH - Olympic Germany https://www.olympic.org/lisa-unruh International Olympic Committee 11 April 2019 en 23 June 2017 29 April — Julian Reus, German sprinterJulian REUS Profile World Athletics https://worldathletics.org/athletes/germany/julian-reus-14193827 worldathletics.org 2025-12-01 8 June — Lisa Brennauer, German cyclistLisa BRENNAUER https://www.olympics.com/en/athletes/lisa-brennauer Olympics.com 2025-12-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20250429194932/https://www.olympics.com/en/athletes/lisa-brennauer 2025-04-29 en IOC 19 July — Kevin Großkreutz, German football player 3 September — Jérôme Boateng, German football player 9 September — Fiona Erdmann, German modelFiona Erdmann - Fashion Model Models Photos, Editorials & Latest News The FMD https://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/Fiona_Erdmann/ The FMD - FashionModelDirectory.com 2025-12-01 3 October — Max Giesinger, German singer 5 October — Bahar Kızıl, German singer-songwriter 15 October — Mesut Özil, football player 1 December — Nadia Hilker, German actress and model 16 December — Mats Hummels, German football player Deaths October 2022 20 January — Paul Esser, German actor (b. 1913) 21 January — Werner Nachmann, President of Central Council of Jews in Germany (b. 1925) 28 January — Klaus Fuchs, physicist and spy (b. 1911) 9 March — Kurt Georg Kiesinger, 3rd Chancellor of West Germany (b. 1904) 9 May — Georg Moser, German bishop of Roman Catholic Church (b. 1923) 27 May — Ernst Ruska, German physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics (b. 1906) 20 July — Richard Holm, German operatic tenor (b. 1912) 27 July — Brigitte Horney, German actress (b. 1911) 5 September — Gert Fröbe, German actor (b. 1913) 6 September — Axel von Ambesser, German actor and film director (b. 1910) 7 September — Werner Felfe, East German statesman and high-ranking party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (b. 1928) 3 October — Franz Josef Strauss, 8th Minister-President of Bavaria (b. 1915) 9 October — Felix Wankel, German engineer (b. 1902) 14 October — Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (b. 1912) 20 December — Anni Schaad, German jewelry maker (b. 1911) See also 1988 in German television References 1988 Category:Years of the 20th century in Germany Category:1980s in Germany Germany Germany