{
  "id": 19342753,
  "title": "Bayerischer Landtag: Staatsakt für Aiwanger am Samstag in München",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/bayerischer-landtag-staatsakt-fur-aiwanger-am-samstag-in-munchen",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-10T14:12:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/bayerischer-landtag-staatsakt-fuer-aiwanger-am-samstag-in-muenchen/100268823.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Bayerischer Wirtschaftsminister Hubert Aiwanger will be honored on Saturday with a grand funeral at Munich's Liebfrauenkirche. The proceedings will commence at 10:30 AM with a Pontifical Requiem conducted by Cardinal Reinhard Marx, immediately followed by a State Funeral at 12:00 PM. Afterwards, Minister-President Markus Söder (CSU) will invite friends and family to a reception in Munich's Residenz in Aiwanger's memory. Aiwanger, who also served as the Federal and State Leader of the Free Voters, was discovered lifeless in a Berlin hotel room on Wednesday last week. He was 55 years old at the time of his passing. He leaves behind his wife, Regensburger Landrätin Tanja Schweiger (Free Voters), and two sons. Schweiger expressed the shock the news caused, writing on Instagram that it \"overwhelmed many late Wednesday evening. For us as a family, it was particularly hard.\" Aiwanger is to be buried \"at home,\" said Schweiger. She thanked everyone for their overwhelming sympathy and those who prayed, attended his funerals, or shared stories of shared encounters. \"Hubert was a true representative of the people - with charm, wit, and tolerance. He found his peace in nature, whose cycles guided him,\" she added. \"He was a people's friend, warm-hearted and full of energy.\" Meanwhile, Aiwanger's successor as a member of the Landtag has been decided: Stephan Weckmann from Straubing. Weckmann has already announced his acceptance of the mandate to the State Election Commissioner, who subsequently informed Landtags President Ilse Aigner (CSU). The clarification of this succession issue was, in part, automatic: when someone dies or steps down from the Landtag, a replacement is appointed, and in this case, through the list on which the Free Voters stood in the 2023 Landtag election. What follows will depend on whether or not Aiwanger's successor will accept the role – this decision will be made after the funeral and burial.",
  "summary": "Der plötzliche Tod des bayerischen Wirtschaftsministers Hubert Aiwanger hat die Landespolitik im Freistaat erschüttert. Nun wird Aiwanger eine besondere letzte Ehre zuteil.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}