What is Wolfgang Bötsch?
[[File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F086559-0017, Bonn, Pressekonferenz, Bötsch.jpg|thumb|Wolfgang Bötsch]] '''Wolfgang Bötsch''' (8 September 1938 – 14 October 2017) was a [[Germany|German]] [[politician]]. He was born in [[Bad Kreuznach]]. He was a representative of the [[Christian Social Union of Bavaria]]. Between 1974 and 1976 he represented the [[Landtag of Bavaria]]. From 1976 to 2005 he was a member of the [[Bundestag]], and between 1993 and 1997 he was the last [[Bundesministerium für Post und Telekommunikation|Minister of Post and Telecommunications]].<ref>[http://www.post-und-telekommunikation.de/PuT/Allg_1997_1_Jan-Dez.php „Ende einer Epoche: Verabschiedung des letzten Postministers - 17.12.1997“], Post und Telekommunikation</ref> Bötsch died on 14 October 2017 in [[Würzburg]], Germany at the age of 79.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.br.de/nachrichten/unterfranken/inhalt/letzter-bundespostminister-boetsch-gestorben-100.html |title=Trauer um Wolfgang Bötsch: Der CSU-Mann, der sein Ministeramt abschaffte &#124; Unterfranken &#124; Nachrichten &#124; BR.de |access-date=2017-10-15 |archive-date=2017-10-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015202959/http://www.br.de/nachrichten/unterfranken/inhalt/letzter-bundespostminister-boetsch-gestorben-100.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/wolfgang-boetsch-letzter-postminister-ist-tot-a-1172983.html|title=Wolfgang Bötsch: Letzter Postminister ist tot - SPIEGEL ONLINE|website=m.spiegel.de}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Botsch, Wolfgang}} [[Category:1938 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Members of the German Bundestag]] [[Category:Government ministers of Germany]] [[Category:Politicians from Rhineland-Palatinate]] [[Category:Politicians of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria]] {{bio-stub}}