Gabi Zimmer

Gabriele Zimmer MEP
Member of the European Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 July 2004
Constituency	Germany
Member of the Landtag of Thuringia
In office 12 October 1990 – 1 July 2004
Personal details
Born	(1955-05-07) 7 May 1955 Berlin, Germany
Political party	German The Left EU European United Left–Nordic Green Left
Other political affiliations	Party of Democratic Socialism Socialist Unity Party of Germany

Gabriele Zimmer (born 7 May 1955) is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Germany. She is a member of the The Left, part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left.

She has been a member of the East German communist party, the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) and its successors, continuously since 1981. The party was renamed SED-PDS in 1989, PDS in 1990 and Die Linkspartei.PDS in 2005. In 2007 it merged with WASG to form 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 has been a member of the Landtag of Thuringia.

Other political functions:

• 1990-1998 Chairperson of PDS in Thuringia
• Since 1995 Member of the PDS Executive Board
• 1996–2000 Vice Chairwoman of PDS
• 1999–2000 Chairwoman of PDS in the Thuringian Parliament
• 2000–03 Chairwoman of PDS
• 2004- Member of the European Parliament
• 2012- Chair of Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left