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{{short description|German politician, Member of the European Parliament (born 1955)}}
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| name = Gabriele Zimmer
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| honorific-suffix = [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]]
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| image = Gabriele Zimmer 01.JPG
| office = [[Member of the European Parliament]]
| name = Gabi Zimmer
| term_start = 1 July 2004
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| caption = Zimmer in 2014
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| constituency = [[Germany (European Parliament constituency)|Germany]]
| office1 = [[Landtag of Thuringia|Member of the Landtag of Thuringia]]
| office = Leader of the [[Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany)|Party of Democratic Socialism]]
| term_start1 = 12 October 1990
| term_start = 14 October 2000
| term_end1 = 1 July 2004
| term_end = 29 June 2003
| birth_name =
| predecessor = [[Lothar Bisky]]
| successor = Lothar Bisky
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|5|7|df=y}}

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| birth_place = [[Berlin]], [[East Germany|Germany]]
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| office1 = Leader of the [[Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany)|Party of Democratic Socialism]] in [[Thuringia]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| term_start1 = July 1990
| term_end1 = December 1998
| party = '''''{{flag|Germany|name=German}}'''''<br>[[The Left (Germany)|The Left]]<br>'''''{{flag|EU}}'''''<br>[[European United Left–Nordic Green Left]]
| predecessor1 = ''Position established''
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| otherparty = [[Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany)|Party of Democratic Socialism]]<br />[[Socialist Unity Party of Germany]]
| spouse =
| successor1 = Dieter Hausold

| children =
| office2 = Leader of the [[Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany)|Party of Democratic Socialism]] in the [[Landtag of Thuringia]]
| alma_mater =
| website =
| term_start2 = 1 October 1999
| term_end2 = 1 November 2000
| predecessor2 = Birgit Klaubert
| successor2 = Werner Buse

| office3 = Member of the [[Landtag of Thuringia]]
| term_start3 = [[1990 Thuringian state election|25 October 1990]]
| term_end3 = [[2004 Thuringian state election|8 July 2004]]
| predecessor3 = ''Constituency established''
| constituency3 = [[Electoral system of Germany|PDS List]]

| office4 = [[Member of the European Parliament|Member]] of the [[European Parliament]] <br /> for [[Germany (European Parliament constituency)|Germany]]
| term_start4 = [[2004 European Parliament election in Germany|1 July 2004]]
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| term_end4 = [[2019 European Parliament election in Germany|2 July 2019]]
| constituency4 = [[Electoral system of Germany|The Left List]]

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| birth_name = Gabriele Zimmer
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|5|7|df=y}}
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| birth_place = [[East Berlin]], [[East Germany]]
| party = [[The Left (Germany)|The Left]]
| otherparty = [[Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany)|Party of Democratic Socialism]] (1990–2007)<br />[[Socialist Unity Party of Germany]] (1981–1990)
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'''Gabriele "Gabi" Zimmer''' (born 7 May 1955) is a German politician and [[Member of the European Parliament]] (MEP) from [[Germany]]. She is a member of [[The Left (Germany)|The Left]], part of the [[European United Left–Nordic Green Left]].
'''Gabriele''' "'''Gabi'''" '''Zimmer''' (born 7 May 1955) is a German politician who served as leader of the [[Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany)|Party of Democratic Socialism]] (PDS) from 2000 to 2003. After leaving office as leader, she was a [[member of the European Parliament]] from 2004 to 2019. Zimmer sat with the [[European United Left–Nordic Green Left]] (GUE/NGL) group, which she chaired from 2012 to 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/de/28248/GABRIELE_ZIMMER/history/8|title=Gabriele ZIMMER|access-date=12 May 2021|website=[[European Parliament]]}}</ref>


== Personal life ==
She has been a member of the [[East Germany|East German]] communist party, the [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany]] (SED) and its successors, continuously since 1981.<ref name='EUMP1'>{{cite web|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/28248/GABRIELE_ZIMMER_home.html |title=Your MEPs – Gabi Zimmer |accessdate=4 July 2015 |work=EU MEP information |publisher=[[European Union]] }}</ref> The party was renamed SED-PDS in 1989, PDS in 1990 and Die Linkspartei.PDS in 2005. In 2007 it merged with [[Labour and Social Justice – The Electoral Alternative|WASG]] to form [[The Left (Germany)|Die Linke]]. She was chairwoman of then-PDS from 2000 to 2003. From 1990 to 1998, she was chairwoman of the PDS at the regional level in [[Thuringia]]. From October 1990 until July 2004 she served as a member of the [[Landtag of Thuringia]].
Zimmer was born in [[East Berlin]] in 1955. After graduating from high school, she studied Russian and French in the Theoretical and Applied Linguistics section of the [[Leipzig University|Karl Marx University]] in [[Leipzig]] from 1973 to 1977, graduating as a qualified linguist. Then she worked as a clerk at VEB vehicle and hunting weapons factory "Ernst Thälmann" in [[Suhl]]. From 1981 to 1987 she was the editor of the company's newspaper, and from 1987 to 1989 she was a member of the SED party leadership of this company.


Zimmer is [[non-denominational]], married, and has two children.
Other political functions:


== Political career ==
* 1990-1998 Chairperson of PDS in Thuringia
She joined the [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany]] (SED), the ruling party of the [[German Democratic Republic]] (East Germany), in 1981.<ref name="EUMP1">{{cite web|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/28248/GABRIELE_ZIMMER_home.html |title=Your MEPs – Gabi Zimmer |access-date=4 July 2015 |work=EU MEP information |publisher=[[European Union]] }}</ref> After its transformation into the Party of Democratic Socialism in 1990, she became the party's leader in the new state of [[Thuringia]], a position she held until 1998. She was a member of the [[Landtag of Thuringia]] from 1990 until 2004.
* Since 1995 Member of the PDS Executive Board

* 1996–2000 Vice Chairwoman of PDS
Zimmer became federal deputy leader of PDS in 1996. She was elected federal leader in 2000 after the resignation of [[Lothar Bisky]]. The party suffered a major defeat in the [[2002 German federal election|2002 federal election]], failing to pass the 5% [[electoral threshold]] and returning only two representatives. Zimmer was re-elected as leader at the first party congress after the election, but after internal party disputes, announced she would step down and not seek re-election at an extraordinary party congress in 2003. She left the leadership in May of that year.
* 1999–2000 Chairwoman of PDS in the Thuringian Parliament

* 2000–03 Chairwoman of PDS
Zimmer remained active in the party, and was elected to the European Parliament in [[2004 European Parliament election|2004]]. In 2007, the PDS merged into [[The Left (Germany)|The Left]]. Zimmer was re-elected as an MEP representing The Left in 2009 and 2014. In 2012, she became the chairwoman of the GUE/NGL group in the European Parliament. She did not seek re-election in the [[2019 European Parliament election]].
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* 2004- Member of the European Parliament
* 2012- Chair of Confederal Group of the [[European United Left–Nordic Green Left]]


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Latest revision as of 17:01, 24 August 2024

Gabi Zimmer
Zimmer in 2014
Leader of the Party of Democratic Socialism
In office
14 October 2000 – 29 June 2003
Preceded byLothar Bisky
Succeeded byLothar Bisky
Leader of the Party of Democratic Socialism in Thuringia
In office
July 1990 – December 1998
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byDieter Hausold
Leader of the Party of Democratic Socialism in the Landtag of Thuringia
In office
1 October 1999 – 1 November 2000
Preceded byBirgit Klaubert
Succeeded byWerner Buse
Member of the Landtag of Thuringia
In office
25 October 1990 – 8 July 2004
Preceded byConstituency established
ConstituencyPDS List
Member of the European Parliament
for Germany
In office
1 July 2004 – 2 July 2019
ConstituencyThe Left List
Personal details
Born
Gabriele Zimmer

(1955-05-07) 7 May 1955 (age 69)
East Berlin, East Germany
Political partyThe Left
Other political
affiliations		Party of Democratic Socialism (1990–2007)
Socialist Unity Party of Germany (1981–1990)

Gabriele "Gabi" Zimmer (born 7 May 1955) is a German politician who served as leader of the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) from 2000 to 2003. After leaving office as leader, she was a member of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2019. Zimmer sat with the European United Left–Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) group, which she chaired from 2012 to 2019.[1]

Personal life

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Zimmer was born in East Berlin in 1955. After graduating from high school, she studied Russian and French in the Theoretical and Applied Linguistics section of the Karl Marx University in Leipzig from 1973 to 1977, graduating as a qualified linguist. Then she worked as a clerk at VEB vehicle and hunting weapons factory "Ernst Thälmann" in Suhl. From 1981 to 1987 she was the editor of the company's newspaper, and from 1987 to 1989 she was a member of the SED party leadership of this company.

Zimmer is non-denominational, married, and has two children.

Political career

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She joined the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED), the ruling party of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), in 1981.[2] After its transformation into the Party of Democratic Socialism in 1990, she became the party's leader in the new state of Thuringia, a position she held until 1998. She was a member of the Landtag of Thuringia from 1990 until 2004.

Zimmer became federal deputy leader of PDS in 1996. She was elected federal leader in 2000 after the resignation of Lothar Bisky. The party suffered a major defeat in the 2002 federal election, failing to pass the 5% electoral threshold and returning only two representatives. Zimmer was re-elected as leader at the first party congress after the election, but after internal party disputes, announced she would step down and not seek re-election at an extraordinary party congress in 2003. She left the leadership in May of that year.

Zimmer remained active in the party, and was elected to the European Parliament in 2004. In 2007, the PDS merged into The Left. Zimmer was re-elected as an MEP representing The Left in 2009 and 2014. In 2012, she became the chairwoman of the GUE/NGL group in the European Parliament. She did not seek re-election in the 2019 European Parliament election.

References

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  1. ^ "Gabriele ZIMMER". European Parliament. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Your MEPs – Gabi Zimmer". EU MEP information. European Union. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
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