Wilmya Zimmermann

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Wilmya Zimmermann (born 30 July 1944) is a German politician who served in the European Parliament from 1994 to 1999.

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Biography

Wilmya Zimmermann, who was born on 30 July 1944 in Heerlen, Netherlands, [1] attended secondary school and was trained as and later became a Medical Technician Assistant in a Heerlen hospital and the Radboud University Nijmegen. [1] In 1970 she moved to Germany to take up an employment at the University of Marburg. [1] She was later transferred into the University of Erlangen–Nuremberg. [1]

In 1986 Zimmermann joined the Public Services, Transport and Traffic Union. [1] She is a member of Europa-Union Deutschland [1]

Zimmerman was married at some point before 1999. [1]

Politics

In 1988 Zimmermann joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany, and she is the treasurer of the party's Bamberg-Forchheim division. [2]

She was elected to the European Parliament in 1994, and served as a member until 1999. [1] She worked on the committee with diplomatic relations with Romania and Bulgaria. [1] She was the first MEP to be elected in a country of which she did not have citizenship. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Europäisches Parlament - Biographie des MdEP ZIMMERMANN, Wilmya". Oct 14, 1999. Archived from the original on 1999-10-14.
  2. Bamberg-Forchheim, SPD-Unterbezirk. "Seite nicht gefunden - SPD Unterbezirk Bamberg-Forchheim". www.spd-bamberg.de.