Matthias Zimmer

Matthias Zimmer (born 3 May 1961) is a German politician and author of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Hesse since 2009, winning a constituency in Frankfurt am Main for three terms.

Matthias Zimmer
Matthias Zimmer in 2014
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2009
Personal details
Born (1961-05-03) 3 May 1961
Marburg, West Germany
(now Germany)
NationalityGerman
Political partyCDU
Alma mater

Political career

Zimmer became a member of the Bundestag in the 2009 German federal election.[1] In parliament, he is a member of the Committee on Labour and Social Affairs and the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid, the latter of which he chaired from 2017 until 2018.[2][3]

In addition to his committee assignments, Zimmer co-chairs the German-Canadian Parliamentary Friendship Group.

Political positions

In June 2017, Zimmer voted against his parliamentary group’s majority and in favor of Germany’s introduction of same-sex marriage.[4]

In 2019, Zimmer joined 14 members of his parliamentary group who, in an open letter, called for the party to rally around Angela Merkel and party chairwoman Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer amid criticism voiced by conservatives Friedrich Merz and Roland Koch.[5]

References
  1. "Prof. Dr. Matthias Zimmer". CDU/CSU-Fraktion. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  2. "German Bundestag - Labour and Social Affairs". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  3. "German Bundestag - Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  4. Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle Die Welt, June 30, 2017.
  5. Jens Schneider (October 30, 2019), Machtkampf in der CDU: Abgeordnete nennen parteiinterne Kritik "extrem schädlich" Süddeutsche Zeitung.
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