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1999 German presidential election
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23 May 1999
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Nominee
Johannes Rau
Dagmar Schipanski
Uta Ranke-Heinemann
Party
SPD
CDU
Independent
Electoral vote
657 (1st round) 690 (2nd round)
588 (1st round) 572 (2nd round)
69 (1st round) 62 (2nd round)
President before election
Roman Herzog
CDU
Elected President
Johannes Rau
SPD
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.
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