Willy Wimmer
{{short description|German politician}}
{{expand German|topic=bio|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Willy Wimmer
| image = Willy Wimmer at OSCE Parliamentary Assembly 2002-07-26.jpg
| office = Vice President of the OSCE
| status =
| term_start = 1985
| term_end = 1992
| office2 = Parliamentary State Secretary
| term_start2 = 1985
| term_end2 = 1992
| office3 = Member of the Bundestag
| term_start3 = 1977
| term_end3 = 2009
| office4 = Member of Mönchengladbach City Council
| term_start4 = 1969
| term_end4 = 1980
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|5|18}}
| birth_place = Mönchengladbach, Germany
| nationality = German
| party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
}}
Willy Wimmer (born 18 May 1943) is a German politician belonging to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU). He was a member of the Bundestag from 1976 to 2009.
Life and politics
Wimmer was born 1943 in the German town of Mönchengladbach and studied law at the University of Cologne.{{Cite web|url=https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/krach-in-der-union-kohlianer-kritisieren-parteispitze-a-62329.html|title=Krach in der Union: Kohlianer kritisieren Parteispitze - DER SPIEGEL - Politik|first=DER|last=SPIEGEL|website=www.spiegel.de}}
Wimmer entered the CDU in 1959 and served on the city council in his home town Mönchengladbach from 1969 to 1980.
Wimmer was elected as a 'Direktkandidat' (direct candidate) to the Bundestag in 1977 for the first time.{{Cite web|url=https://rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/moenchengladbach/willy-wimmer-ein-kaempfer-fuer-den-frieden_bid-14540619|title=Was macht eigentlich...?: Willy Wimmer: Ein Kämpfer für den Frieden|first=RP|last=ONLINE|website=RP ONLINE}}
From 1985 to 1992 Wimmer was 'Parlamentarischer Staatssekretär' (parliamentary state secretary), a parliament-elected bureaucratic post in the Ministry of Defence.
In 1994, Wimmer was elected vice president of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.{{Cite web |title=Annual Report 1994 |url=https://www.osce.org/files/f/documents/7/d/14569.pdf |type=PDF |website=Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe |date=14 November 1994 |author=Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe |access-date=26 August 2020}}
Wimmer is an outspoken lobbyist of military interventions.{{Cite web|url=https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/das-voelkerrecht-darf-nicht-zum-faustrecht-werden.694.de.html?dram:article_id=58839|title=- Das Völkerrecht darf nicht zum Faustrecht werden|website=Deutschlandfunk}}
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Category:Christian Democratic Union of Germany politicians
Category:21st-century German politicians
Category:Politicians from Mönchengladbach
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