Dr. Otto Wiesheu (born October 31, 1944 in Zolling) is a German politician (CSU) from Bavaria 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. He co-founded the German-Arab Friendship Association in 2007 and has been the association’s president since then.[3]
Driving drunk
On October 29, 1983 he was driving his Mercedes 380 while drunk[4] (1.75 promille)[5] and killed Polish citizen Josef Rubinfeld in his Fiat and severely injured another man. Otto Wiesheu was given 12 months' probation.
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