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CDU member of the Bundestag Strenz dies while flying back from Cuba
Strenz was 53 years old
Source: pa / dpa / Marcus Brandt
The member of the CDU of the Bundestag Karin Strenz died during a flight from Cuba to Germany. The reason for the trip is as unclear as the circumstances of the death.
DKarin Strenz, a member of the Bundestag’s CDU, collapsed on the flight back from Cuba to Germany, spokesman for the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania regional group Eckhardt Rehberg told the German news agency on Sunday night. The newspaper “Bild” had already reported on it. Strenz was 53 years old.
Nothing is known about the details of the death. Strenz is said to have lost consciousness during the flight, “Bild” reports. The crew decided to make an unscheduled emergency landing in Dublin. The background of the trip to Cuba is not yet known either.
Strenz had been a member of the Bundestag since 2009. In the 2009, 2013 and 2017 elections, he won one of six direct terms in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. From 2002 to 2006 and from 2007 to 2009 he was a member of the state parliament in the Northeast. In the Bundestag he last served on the Defense Committee, among other things.
In early 2020 there were records by the CDU politician and a former CSU MP regarding the flow of money from authoritarian ruled Azerbaijan. At the time, the Frankfurt prosecutor spoke of some four million euros that had flowed through British mailbox companies and Baltic accounts between 2008 and 2016.
Money laundering investigation
The investigation was carried out for bribery and money laundering. During the search in January 2020, 16 apartments and business premises in Berlin, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Bavaria and Belgium were inspected, including a member of the Bundestag.
Despite the accusations, Strenz remained a member of the Bundestag, but did not want to run in the upcoming September elections.
Rehberg was deeply affected and shocked. He is considered a political pioneer and partner of Strenz.
