Thomas Schäfer

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Person.png Thomas Schäfer  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(lawyer, politician, COVID-19/Premature death)
Thomas Schäfer (Hessischer Landtag 2019).jpg
Born22 February 1966
Hemer, Germany
Died28 March 2020 (Age 54)
train tracks, Hochheim, Germany
Cause of death
hit by train?
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Marburg
Victim ofpremature death
Hesse's Finance Minister who was unexpectedly found dead on train tracks.

Employment.png Hesse/Minister of Finance

In office
August 2010 - 28 March 2020

Thomas Schäfer

Thomas Schäfer was a German lawyer and politician for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU). He was Minister of Finance of the German state of Hesse, where the European financial centre Frankfurt is situated, between 2010 and 2020. He was found dead near a train track on 28 March, 2020,at the height of the first Corona lockdown.

Career

On 27 March 2020, he announced, together with the minister of economy, Tarek Al-Wazir, the state's financial help in the Corona crisis for freelancers and small businesses, saying: "The fight against the Corona crisis will not fail because of money.

Death

Paramedics "were unable to initially identify the remains due to the extent of the injuries."[1]

"Investigators said an investigation on the scene confirmed the identity of the man as Schäfer and that the death was likely a suicide. Police did not immediately release further details of the case."[2]

Volker Bouffier stated that "We are all shocked and can hardly believe" that Schäfer died so "suddenly and unexpectedly."[2]

Another Death

On April 16, another, unnamed, high-ranking employee of the Hessian Ministry of Finance was "found lifeless in his office"[3]. In both cases the authorities spoke of suicide.

Some German analysts have considered that his death is one of several premature deaths that might have a connection to the global ramming through of COVID policies.[4] It is noticeable that these dead financial politicians both occurred in Hesse, which is Germany's central financial center with the banking metropolis of Frankfurt am Main and the DAX stock exchange.


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