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Willy Wimmer | |
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Vice President of the OSCE | |
In office 1985–1992 | |
Parliamentary State Secretary | |
In office 1985–1992 | |
Member of the Bundestag | |
In office 1977–2009 | |
Member of Mönchengladbach City Council | |
In office 1969–1980 | |
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Born | Mönchengladbach,Germany | May 18,1943
Political 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.
Wimmer was born 1943 in the German town of Mönchengladbach and studied law at the University of Cologne. [1]
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. [2]
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. [3]
Wimmer is an outspoken lobbyist of military interventions. [4]
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