Otto Wiesheu

Dr. Otto Wiesheu (born October 31, 1944 in Zolling) is a Bavarian CSU politician and an expert on traffic.

He is a lawyer. From 1975 to 1979 he was chief of the youth organization Jungen Union Bayern. Since 1974 he has been a member of the Bavarian Parliament. Since July 17, 1993 he has been Bavarian minister for traffic and the economy.[1][2]

On May 7, 2004 he was elected president of the Deutsch-Arabische Gesellschaft

Driving drunk

On October 29, 1983 he was driving his Mercedes 380 while drunk[3] (1.75 promille)[4] and killed Polish citizen Josef Rubinfeld in his Fiat and severely injured another man. Otto Wiesheu was given 12 months' probation.

References

  1. ^ (Firm), Yŏnhap Tʻongsin (2003). North Korea handbook. M.E. Sharpe. p. 350. ISBN 9780765610041. http://books.google.com/books?id=JIlh9nNeadMC&pg=PA350. Retrieved 26 April 2011. 
  2. ^ Bauchmüller, M.; M. Beise und K. Ott (13 May 2009). "Bahn: Otto Wiesheu - Lobbyist ohne Fahrschein" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. http://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/bahn-otto-wiesheu-lobbyist-ohne-fahrschein-1.449233. Retrieved 26 April 2011. 
  3. ^ Ardagh, John (1988-09-01). Germany and the Germans: an anatomy of society today. Harper & Row. p. 417. ISBN 9780060915322. http://books.google.com/books?id=A0SHdQ-vW6EC. Retrieved 26 April 2011. 
  4. ^ Rambow, Kristen-Eirin. ... Und Weihnachten Liegt In Afrika. BoD – Books on Demand. p. 49. ISBN 9783842344129. http://books.google.com/books?id=tF8VXhuL8iEC&pg=PT49. Retrieved 26 April 2011. 
Franz Josef Strauss • Josef Brunner • Heinz Lechmann • Friedrich Zimmermann • Anton Jaumann • Max Streibl • Gerold Tandler • Edmund Stoiber • Otto Wiesheu • Gerold Tandler • Erwin Huber • Bernd Protzner • Thomas Goppel • Markus Söder • Christine Haderthauer • Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg • Alexander Dobrindt