Jens Zimmermann (politician)
{{Short description|German politician (born 1981)}}
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| office = Member of the Bundestag
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| caption = Zimmermann in 2020
| term_start = 2013
| term_end = 2025
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1981|9|9}}
| birth_place = Groß-Umstadt, West Germany
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| party = SPD
| nationality = German
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|alma_mater = {{unbulleted list |Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt |Regent's University London}}
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Jens Zimmermann (born 9 September 1981) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Hesse since 2013.
Political career
Zimmermann first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election.{{Cite web|url=https://www.spdfraktion.de/abgeordnete/zimmermann|title=Dr. Jens Zimmermann, MdB|date=2013-10-09|website=SPD-Bundestagsfraktion|language=de|access-date=2020-03-21}} He is a member of the Finance Committee and the Committee on the Digital Agenda.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bundestag.de/en/committees/a07|title=German Bundestag - Finance|website=German Bundestag|language=en|access-date=2020-03-21}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bundestag.de/en/committees/a23|title=German Bundestag - Digital Agenda|website=German Bundestag|language=en|access-date=2020-03-21}} In this capacity, he is his parliamentary group's rapporteur on measures against money laundering and terrorist financing.
In addition to his committee assignments, Zimmermann is part of the German-British Parliamentary Friendship Group.
In the negotiations to form a coalition government under the leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel following the 2017 federal elections, Zimmermann was part of the working group on digital policy, led Helge Braun, Dorothee Bär and Lars Klingbeil. In similar negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the SPD, the Green Party and the FDP following the 2021 federal elections, he led his party's delegation in the working group on digital policy; his co-chairs from the other parties were Malte Spitz and Andreas Pinkwart.Andreas Apetz and Thomas Kaspar (October 22, 2021), [https://www.fr.de/politik/ampel-koalition-verhandlung-spd-gruene-fdp-arbeitsgruppen-scholz-lindner-baerbock-91069532.html Ampel-Koalition: Alle Verantwortlichen, AGs und Themen im Überblick] Frankfurter Rundschau.
In February 2025, Zimmermann lost his seat in Bundestag for district Odenwald against Patricia Lips.{{cite web|access-date=2025-02-24 |author=hessenschau de, Frankfurt Germany |date=2025-02-24 |language=de |title=Diese hessischen Abgeordneten ziehen in den Bundestag ein |url=https://www.hessenschau.de/politik/bundestagswahl/diese-hessischen-abgeordneten-ziehen-in-den-bundestag-ein-v3,bundestagsabgeordnete-hessen-100.html}}
Other activities
- Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), Member of the Administrative Council[https://www.bafin.de/DE/DieBaFin/GrundlagenOrganisation/Gremien/Verwaltungsrat/verwaltungsrat_node.html Administrative Council] Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin).
- Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Member of the Political Advisory Board (since 2018)[https://www.spd-wirtschaftsforum.de/presse/bernd-westphal-wird-neuer-beirats-vorsitzender-beim-wirtschaftsforum-der-spd/ Bernd Westphal wird neuer Beirats-Vorsitzender beim Wirtschaftsforum der SPD] Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, press release of 7 June 2018.
- IG BAU, Member
- German Alpine Club, Member
References
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External links
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- {{Official website|https://www.jens-zimmermann.org/}} {{in lang|de}}
- [https://www.bundestag.de/en/members/zimmermann_jens-524794 Bundestag biography] {{in lang|en}}
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Category:Alumni of Regent's University London
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