Matthias Zimmer | |
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 Zimmer in 2014 | |
| Member of theBundestag | |
| In office 2009–2021 | |
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| Born | (1961-05-03)3 May 1961 |
| Died | 19 July 2023(2023-07-19) (aged 62) |
| Political party | CDU |
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Matthias Zimmer (3 May 1961 – 19 July 2023) was a German author and politician of theChristian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a member of theBundestag from the state ofHesse from 2009, winning a constituency in Frankfurt am Main for three terms until 2021.[1]
Zimmer became a member of the Bundestag in the2009 German federal election.[2] In parliament, he was a member of the Committee on Labour and Social Affairs and theCommittee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid, the latter of which he chaired from 2017 until 2018.[3][4]
In addition to his committee assignments, Zimmer co-chaired the German-Canadian Parliamentary Friendship Group.
In an internal vote on the CDU candidate for the2021 elections, Zimmer lost againstAxel Kaufmann.[5]
In June 2017, Zimmer voted against his parliamentary group's majority and in favor of Germany's introduction ofsame-sex marriage.[6]
In 2019, Zimmer joined 14 members of his parliamentary group who, in an open letter, called for the party to rally aroundAngela Merkel and party chairwomanAnnegret Kramp-Karrenbauer amid criticism voiced by conservativesFriedrich Merz andRoland Koch.[7]
Matthias Zimmer died on 19 July 2023, at the age of 62.[8]
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