柏林，11月4日——巴伐利亚州副州长、保守派小党自由选民党领袖胡伯特·艾旺格（Hubert Aiwanger）于周三突发死亡，州政府首脑称。
BERLIN, Nov 4 - The deputy premier of the German state of Bavaria and leader of the small conservative Free Voters party, Hubert Aiwanger, died suddenly on Wednesday, the head of the state government said.
巴伐利亚州州长马库斯·索德尔在社交媒体平台上说：“胡伯特·艾旺格的突发死亡是一次严重的悲剧。我们都深感震惊。”《图片报》报道，55岁的艾旺格兼任巴伐利亚经济部长，当时在柏林参加该党在德国首都的新办公室开幕，但因感到不适而错过了仪式。报道称，他的遗体随后在酒店房间内被发现。柏林警方和检察官未立即作出评论，死亡原因亦未透露。
"The sudden death of Hubert Aiwanger is a terrible tragedy. We are all deeply shocked," Bavarian state premier Markus Soeder said on the social media platform The daily Bild newspaper reported that Aiwanger, 55, who also served as Bavaria's economy minister, had been in Berlin for the opening of a party office in the German capital but had missed the occasion after he felt unwell. His body was later found in his hotel room, it said. There was no immediate comment from Berlin police or prosecutors and no word on the cause of death.
自2018年以来，巴伐利亚自由选民党一直与保守的基督教社会联盟（CSU）组成联盟。
The Free Voters of Bavaria have been in a coalition with the conservative Christian Social Union since 2018.