Berlin police and prosecutors have opened an investigation after Aiwanger was found dead in a hotel on 4 November. The cause of death was not immediately clear. Prosecutors said provisional autopsy findings showed no indication of a potential crime or external foul play, and further forensic investigations would continue.
Bavaria’s deputy premier Hubert Aiwanger was found dead in a Berlin hotel room on 4 November 2026. He was 55.
On 5 November 2026, Berlin’s public prosecutor’s office said provisional autopsy findings showed no indication of a potential crime or external foul play, DW said. The cause of death remains unclear.
Aiwanger was also Bavaria’s economy minister and chaired the Free Voters. The party had governed as the junior coalition partner to Premier Markus Söder’s Christian Social Union since 2018.
Söder said he was deeply shocked and called Aiwanger’s sudden death an absolute tragedy.
Berlin police and prosecutors opened an investigation to establish the cause and circumstances of Aiwanger’s death and rule out possible third-party culpability. Prosecutors said further forensic investigations would continue.
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