
The head of the Free Voters and Bavarian Economics Minister was 55 years old
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Hubert Aiwanger has been Bavarian Minister of Economics since 2018 and studied agricultural engineering. He was head of the Free Voters.
Bavaria's Economics Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Hubert Aiwanger (Free Voters) is dead. The dpa news agency learned this from high-ranking government circles in Bavaria. “Bild” had previously reported. Accordingly, he was found in a hotel in Berlin-Mitte.
Aiwanger was 55 years old. The qualified agricultural engineer has been the Bavarian Minister of Economic Affairs since 2018.

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The Free Voters leader and Bavarian Economics Minister Hubert Aiwanger (55) was discovered dead in a Berlin hotel. The Bavarian state government and the Berlin police confirmed the death. The cause of death is still unknown. Aiwanger was absent from his party's event in the afternoon.