Gabriele Zimmer

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Gabriele Zimmer, MEP

Gabriele Zimmer (born 07 May 1955, Berlin) is a German MEP from the political party The Left.

Affiliations

• Member, Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
• Member, Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly
• Substitute, Committee on Development
• Substitute, Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

• As a member of Hildburghausen County Council, in 2008, I have received 1.230,00 euro compensation on the basis of Thüring Communal Order #95, Thüring compensation regulation, and of the basic statute of the Hildburghausen county council #9.

Record of Parliamentary Votes

Election Campaign 2009

Gabriele Zimmer has pledged to all four issues presented by the Election Campaign:

• to provide leadership in lobbying transparency and ethics,
• to provide leadership in reforming financial architecture,
• to promote a full-scale rethink of the EU trade policy,
• to promote corporate accountability.

Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae

• Studied at Karl Marx University, Leipzig; graduated in translation and interpreting (1977).
• Worked in Suhl motor vehicle and rifle factory (1977-1985).
• Editor and SED Party Management Assistant at Suhl motor vehicle and rifle factory (1986-1989).
• Regional chair, PDS Thuringia (1990-1998).
• PDS Party Vice-Chair (1996-2000).
• PDS Party Chair (2000-2003).
• Member, Thuringia Regional Assembly (1990-2004).
• Chairwoman, Thuringia Regional Assembly Equal Opportunities Committee (1990-1994).
• Chairwoman, Thuringia Regional Assembly PDS Group (1999-2000).
• Member, Hildburghausen District Council (since 2004).

Contact

Address:

Parlement européen

Bât. Altiero Spinelli

06F353

60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel

Phone:

+32 (0)2 28 45101

Fax

+32 (0)2 28 49101

Email:

gabriele.zimmer@europarl.europa.eu

Website:

http://www.gabi-zimmer.de

Resources

• European Parliament, Erklärung der finanziellen Interessen der Mitglieder: Gabriele Zimmer, 12 November 2008, accessed 24 March 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Gabriele Zimmer, accessed 24 March 2009.