Johannes Zimmermann (politician)

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Johannes Zimmermann
Member of the Landtag of Liechtenstein for Unterland
Assumed office
9 February 2025
Personal details
Born (1961-05-08) 8 May 1961 (age 64)
Kabul, Afghanistan
Political party Patriotic Union
Spouse
Sabine Gstöhl
(m. 1961)
Children2

Johannes Zimmermann (born 8 May 1961) is a teacher and politician from Liechtenstein who has served in the Landtag of Liechtenstein since 2025.

Life

Zimmermann was born on 8 May 1961 in Kabul as the son of Shakir Tahir, an official at the Ministry of Interior Affairs and a diplomat at the United Nations in Geneva and Ingeborg Zimmermann, an embassy employee. He attended primary school in Küblis and secondary school in Landquart before attending teachers training college in Schiers, receiving a primary school teaching diploma in 1984 and then a secondary school teaching diploma from the teachers training college in St. Gallen. He received a Master of Arts in school management in 2007 at the University of Kaiserslautern-Landau. [1]

He worked as a secondary school teacher in Grisons, St. Gallen, Schwyz and Triesen. [1] Since 2018, he has been the head of Eschen secondary school. [1] [2] Zimmermann is a member of the Liechtenstein national curling team and competed in the 2023 European Curling Championships. [3]

Zimmermann was the chairman of the Patriotic Union in Eschen from 2017 to 2021, and then vice president of the party for the Unterland region from 2021 to 2025. [1] Since 2025, he has been a member of the Landtag of Liechtenstein. [4]

Zimmermann married Sabine Gstöhl on 8 August 1999 and they have two children together. He lives in Eschen. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Zimmermann, Johannes". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). 9 September 2025. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  2. Koeck, Bandi (12 December 2020). "Klimapioniere für Liechtenstein setzen Impuls an Oberschule Eschen" . Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  3. Finkel, Florian (5 May 2023). "Curler holen bei EM sensationell die Silbermedaille" . Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  4. "Landtagswahlen 2025 - Ergebnisse". www.landtagswahlen.li (in German). Archived from the original on 2025-02-11. Retrieved 2025-02-09.