Wolfgang Wild (physicist)

{{Short description|German physicist and politician (1930–2023)}}

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| order = 1st

| title = Bavarian Minister of Science

| term_start = 1986

| term_end = 1989

| predecessor = Office established

| successor = Hans Zehetmair

| order2 = 2nd

| title2 = President of the Technical University of Munich

| term_start2 = 1980

| term_end2 = 1986

| predecessor2 = Ulrich Grigull

| successor2 = Herbert Kupfer

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|09|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|04|07|1930|09|20|df=y}}

| death_place = Zorneding, Bavaria, Germany

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| education = Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

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| thesis_title = Tröpfchenmodell des Atomkerns und Zweikörperkräfte

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| thesis_year = 1955

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Wolfgang Wild (20 September 1930 – 7 April 2023) was a German nuclear physicist, academic administrator and politician. He was President of the Technical University of Munich between 1980 and 1986 and Bavarian Minister of Science between 1986 and 1989.{{Cite web|title=President Emeritus Wolfgang Wild|url=https://www.tum.de/en/about-tum/our-university/tum-board-of-management/past-presidents/wolfgang-wild/|access-date=27 December 2020|website=Technical University of Munich|language=en}}