https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/the...lin-hotel/

Quote:Hubert Aiwanger, the leader of a conservative party that has become a mainstay of Bavarian politics and sought to expand its influence across Germany, has been found dead at a Berlin hotel.

The body of Aiwanger, who was Bavaria’s deputy governor and the southern state’s economy minister, was found in his hotel room in the centre of the capital on Wednesday evening, Berlin police and prosecutors said. Prosecutors said that an autopsy carried out Thursday produced no evidence that anyone else was involved in his death.

German news agency dpa reported, without naming sources, that the 55-year-old Aiwanger had planned to make a speech Wednesday afternoon at the opening of a Berlin office of his party, the Free Voters, but pulled out of the event for health reasons.


Aiwanger had been the party’s leader in Bavaria since 2006 and its national leader since 2010.

The combative politician with a strong regional accent and a populist touch made his party a serious rival to Bavaria’s long-dominant Christian Social Union, which is part of the centre-right bloc that currently leads Germany.

I don't think there could be a murder situation unless someone poisoned him as he voluntarily excused himself from speaking, but an autopsy (preferably one not from the government) has to happen.