This is a list of major political scandals in Germany:

1950s

1960s

1970s

  • "Radikalenerlass" or Berufsverbot (1970s)
  • Steiner-Wienand scandal (1972)
  • Guillaume affair (1974)
  • Stammheim wiretapping scandal (1975–1976)
  • Frankfurt SPD donation scandal (1975–1977)
  • Rudel Scandal (1976)
  • Schmücker trial (1976–1991)
  • Filbinger scandal (1978)

1980s

  • CDU secret party donations scandal ("Parteispendenaffäre"): "Flick affair" (1982)
  • General Günter Kießling's supposed closet homosexuality (1984)
  • U-Boat plans scandal, planned submarine sales to Apartheid South Africa (1986–1990)
  • Waterkantgate, scandal around Uwe Barschel, carrying on past his mysterious death (1987–early 1990s)

1990s

  • Putnik deal (1990)
  • Dream boat scandal (1990–1991)
  • Weapons scandal, Israeli inspection and acquisition of East German military hardware scandal, (1991)
  • Amigo affair (de:Amigo-Affäre), bribe-scandal forcing the Bavarian prime minister Max Streibl to resign in 1993
  • Treuhand (mid-1990s)
  • Drawer scandal (1993)
  • Work villa scandal (1993)
  • Plutonium affair (1995)
  • CDU donations scandal (1999) ("Schwarzgeldaffäre")

2000s

  • Berlin banking scandal (2001)
  • Mediation scandal (2002)
  • Dachau vote fraud (2002)
  • Bonus miles scandal (2002)
  • Munich CSU scandal (2003–2007)
  • QMF scandal (2004)
  • RWE payments scandal (2004)
  • German Visa Affair (2005)
  • BND surveillance of journalists scandal (2005)
  • Sachsensumpf (2007)
  • Deutsche Telekom surveillance scandal (2008)
  • Libya scandal (2008)

2010s

2020s

See also

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