# 1986 in Germany

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Events in the year 1986 in Germany.

## Incumbents

* President - Richard von Weizsäcker
* Chancellor – Helmut Kohl

## Events

* 14–25 February - 36th Berlin International Film Festival
* 27 March - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986
* 8 June - East German general election, 1986
* 15 June - 1986 Lower Saxony state election
* July - Launch of the second generation BMW 7 Series.
* September - Launch of the third generation Audi 80.
* 17 October - Launch of the all-new Opel Omega, which succeeds the Opel Rekord.
* December - The Opel Omega is voted European Car of the Year, with the Audi 80 coming second in the contest and the BMW 7 Series coming third.
* German company Volkswagen Group acquired a controlling stake in Spanish company SEAT.

## Births
### January

* 2 January – Nicole Reinhardt, Olympic canoeist
* 6 January – Benjamin Simm, rugby player
* 13 January – Laura Ludwig, Olympic beach volleyball player

### February

* 16 February – Jessica von Bredow-Werndl, Olympic dressage rider

### March

* 5 March – Constantin von Jascheroff, actor
* 27 March – Manuel Neuer, footballer

### April

* 11 April – Lena Schöneborn, Olympic pentathlete

### June

* 4 June – Fahriye Evcen, German-born Turkish actress
* 5 June – Christian Baracat, rugby player
* 11 June – Sebastian Bayer, Olympic long jumper

### July

* 20 July – Andreas Kümmert, singer
* 25 July – Robert Dietrich, ice hockey player (d. 2011)
* 30 July – Arthur Abele, Olympic decathlete

### August

* 7 August – Paul Biedermann, Olympic swimmer
* 17 August – Tobias Schönenberg, actor and model
* 26 August – Kerstin Thiele, Olympic judoka

### September

* 23 September – Gina-Lisa Lohfink, actress and model

### October

* 9 October – Dave Grunewald, singer, podcaster, fitness expert, and co-frontman for Annisokay (2011–2019)
* 26 October – René Rast, racing driver
* 28 October – Kristina Bröring-Sprehe, Olympic equestrian

### November

* 5 November – Axel Tischer, wrestler
* 12 November – Robert Müller, footballer

### December

* 9 December – Miriam Welte, Olympic cyclist
* 13 December – Christian Engelhart, racing driver

## Deaths

* January 23 - Joseph Beuys, artist (born 1921)
* January 25 - Josef Kammhuber, general (born 1896)
* January 25 - Ernst Schnabel, German writer (born 1913)
* January 27 – Lilli Palmer, actress (born 1914)
* February 3 — Alfred Vohrer, German film director and actor (born 1914)
* March 11 - Herbert Runge, German boxer (born 1913)
* March 13 - Eugen Gerstenmaier, German politician (born 1906)
* March 17 - Heinz Nixdorf, German computing pioneer, businessman and founder of Nixdorf Computer AG (born 1925)
* June 9 - Elisabeth Selbert, politician and lawyer (born 1896)
* July 14 - Joseph Vogt, classical historian (born 1895)
* July 24 - Willy Kaiser, German boxer (born 1912)
* August 3 - Otmar Emminger, German economist (born 1911)
* September 30 - Franz Burda I, German publisher (born 1903)
* October 4 — Arno von Lenski, German officer (born 1893)
* October 30 - Fritz Tillmann, German actor (born 1910)
* October 30 - Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt, German politician (born 1901)
* November 12 - Ria Baran, German pair skater (born 1922)
* December 2 - Heinrich Amersdorffer, German painter and printmaker (born 1905)
* December 12 - Paul Verner, politician (born 1911)
* December 19 - Werner Dankwort, German diplomat (born 1895)