Gabriele Zimmer | |
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Gabriele Zimmer.
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Member of the European Parliament | |
Assumed office 2004 |
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Chairperson of the PDS | |
In office 2000–2003 |
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Member of the Landtag of Thuringia | |
In office October 1990 – July 2004 |
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Personal details | |
Born |
East Berlin, German Democratic Republic |
7 May 1955
Political party | The Left |
Other political affiliations |
Party of Democratic Socialism Socialist Unity Party of Germany |
Gabriele Zimmer (called Gabi; born 7 May 1955 in Berlin, GDR) is a German socialist politician.
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.
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