Overview
- Hubert Aiwanger, 55, was found dead in a Berlin hotel room on November 4 and is being publicly mourned in Munich with a Pontifikalrequiem at 10:30 CET followed by a Trauerstaatsakt and a reception.
- The Berlin public prosecutor’s office said a preliminary autopsy found no signs of third‑party involvement and announced further forensic analyses and continuing inquiries by the Mordkommission.
- Bavaria is broadcasting the services live on Bayerischer Rundfunk and the ARD Mediathek so the public can follow the requiem and the official state ceremony.
- Immediate institutional steps were taken to keep government functioning: Staatssekretär Tobias Gotthardt is running the economics ministry provisionally and Stephan Weckmann has accepted Aiwanger’s Landtag mandate.
- The Freie Wähler have postponed choices on party and cabinet succession until after the funeral and private burial, a pause that will shape the future balance of the governing coalition with the CSU.