# Bavarian politician Hubert Aiwanger found dead in Berlin hotel

https://mins.news/en/item/129675

- DW, 2026-11-04 21:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/bavarian-politician-hubert-aiwanger-found-dead-in-berlin-hotel/a-79859115?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> German media report that Hubert Aiwanger, Bavaria’s deputy premier and economy minister and chairman of the right-wing populist Free Voters party, was found dead in a Berlin hotel on Wednesday. He was 55; the circumstances of his death remain unclear.

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