List of political scandals in Germany

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)