List of political scandals in Germany

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This is a list of major political scandals in Germany:

1950s

• Bavaria casino scandal (1955–1962)

1960s

• Lockheed bribery scandals (1961–1979)
• Fibag scandal (1961)
• Spiegel affair ("Spiegelaffäre", 1962)
• German rocket experts in Egypt scandal (1962–1965)
• HS.30 scandal (1967–1969)

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

• Guido Westerwelle's WikiLeaks controversy (2011)
• Guttenberg plagiarism scandal (Causa Guttenberg) (2011)
• Causa Wulff (2011)
• Bavaria nepotism scandal (2013)
• Stendal vote fraud (2014)
• Böhmermann affair (2016)
• Montblanc scandal (2016)
• Regensburg party donation scandal (2017)
• Asylum office scandal (2018)
• Alternative for Germany donation scandal (2018)

2020s

• Coup d'état plot (2022)
• Wirecard scandal (2022)