NAME: Zimmer, Gabriele.

GERMANY

POLITICAL GROUP: Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left (EUL/NGL)

PARTY: DIE LINKE.

CONSTITUENCY: Germany.

DATE OF LATEST ELECTION: 2009.

Committees: Member of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs; Member of the Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly; Substitute, Committee on Development; Substitute, Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Co-operation Committee.

Political Career: Member, Hildburghausen District Council since 2004; Member, Thuringia Regional Assembly 1990-2004; PDS Party Chair 2000-2003; Chairwoman, Thuringia Regional Assembly PDS Group 1999-2000; PDS Party Vice-Chair 1996-2000; Regional chair, PDS Thuringia 1990-1998; Chairwoman, Thuringia Regional Assembly Equal Opportunities Committee 1990-1994.

Profession: Worked in Suhl Motor Vehicle and Rifle Factory 1977-1985; Editor and SED Party Management Assistant at Suhl Motor Vehicle and Rifle Factory 1986-1989.

Education: Studied at Karl Marx University, Leipzig; Graduated in Translation and Interpreting 1977.

Born: 7 May 1955, Berlin.