Matthias Zimmer
Matthias Zimmer (3 May 1961 – 19 July 2023) was a German author and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Hesse from 2009, winning a constituency in Frankfurt am Main for three terms until 2021.
Matthias Zimmer
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- Name
- Matthias Zimmer
- Born
- 3 May 1961
- Birthplace
- Marburg, Hesse, West Germany
- Died
- 19 July 2023
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- politician · university teacher · political scientist · writer · opinion journalist
- Education
- Trier University · Indiana University of Pennsylvania · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- Languages
- German
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Matthias Zimmer (3 May 1961 – 19 July 2023) was a German author and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Hesse from 2009, winning a constituency in Frankfurt am Main for three terms until 2021.
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• Name — Matthias Zimmer • Office — Member of the Bundestag • Term Start — 2009 • Term End — 2021 • Born — 3 May 1961 • Birthplace — Marburg, Hesse, West Germany • Died — 19 July 2023 • Party — CDU • Alma Mater — * University of Trier • Indiana University of Pennsylvania • LMU Munich
Political career
Political career
Zimmer became a member of the Bundestag in the 2009 German federal election. In parliament, he was 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. In addition to his committee assignments, Zimmer co-chaired the German-Canadian Parliamentary Friendship Group. In an internal vote on the CDU candidate for the 2021 elections, Zimmer lost against Axel Kaufmann.
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Political positions
In June 2017, Zimmer voted against his parliamentary group's majority and in favor of Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage. 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.
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Death
Matthias Zimmer died on 19 July 2023, at the age of 62.
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1961
Matthias Zimmer was born on 3 May 1961.
2023
Matthias Zimmer died on 18 July 2023.
Selected publications
• Nationales Interesse und Staatsräson. Zur Deutschlandpolitik der Regierung Kohl 1982–1989. Paderborn 1992 • with Udo Margedant: Eigentum und Freiheit. Eigentumstheorien im 17. und 18. Jahrhundert. Idstein 1993 • Ed.: Germany – Phoenix in Trouble? Edmonton 1997 • Ed. with Angelika Sauer: A Chorus of Different Voices. German-Canadian Identities. New York 1998 • Moderne, Staat und Internationale Politik. Wiesbaden 2008 • with Thomas Scheben: Der Hund am Fallschirm. Streifzüge durch die Frankfurter Geschichte. Frankfurt am Main 2009 • Ed. with Michael Thielen: Die Zukunft der Arbeit. Christlich-Soziale Perspektiven. Berlin 2013 • Nachhaltigkeit! Für eine Politik aus christlicher Grundüberzeugung. Freiburg 2015 • Am Rande der Politik. Frankfurt am Main 2016 • Person und Ordnung. Einführung in die Soziale Marktwirtschaft. Freiburg 2020. • Alte Werte in neuer Zeit. Christliche Verantwortung und praktische Politik. Frankfurt am Main 2021 • Morandus. Frankfurt am Main 2021 • Abenteuer Bundestag. Norderstedt 2022 • Der tote Bundestagsabgeordnete. Frankfurt am Main 2022 • Calixt. Frankfurt am Main 2023
Matthias Zimmer, Mitglied des Deutschen Bundestages, während einer Plenarsitzung am 11. April 2019 in Berlin.
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Matthias Zimmer is recorded as having studied at Trier University, Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
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