Friedrich Zimmermann
| Friedrich Zimmermann | |
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| Friedrich Zimmermann (1990) | |
| Federal Minister of the Interior | |
| In office 1982–1989 |
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| Federal Minister of Transport | |
| In office 1989–1991 |
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| Born | July 18, 1925 Munich, Germany |
| Political party | CSU |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Friedrich Zimmermann (born July 18, 1925 in Munich) is a former German politician and a member of the CSU. From 1982 - 1989 he was the Federal Minister of the Interior.[1] From 1989 - 1991 he held the position of Federal Minister for Transport.[2]
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[edit] Life and career
Friedrich Zimmermann served in the Second World War between 1943 and 1945 and held a lieutenant rank. In 1946 he studied Law and Economics in Munich where he received a PhD. From 1951 until 1954 Zimmermann was a civil servant in Bavaria but became a lawyer in 1963.
In 1960 Zimmermann was charged with perjury in the Bavarian Casino Affair, but was acquitted due to medical opinion of diminished mental capacity.
Zimmermann is a Catholic and has two children. He is in his third marriage.
[edit] Politics
In 1943, Friedrich Zimmermann became a member of the NSDAP.[3] Since 1948, he has been a member of the CSU. In 1955 he was managing director of the CSU and then from 1956 to 1963 held the position of General Secretary. From 1963 to 1967, he was treasurer of the CSU for Bavaria and from 1979 to 1989, he was vice chairman of the CSU.
He was a member of the German parliament from 1957 to 1990.
From October 1982 until 1989, Zimmermann served as Minister of the Interior in the Cabinet of Chancellor Helmut Kohl.[4]
As part of a Cabinet reshuffle, Zimmermann became Minister of Transport on 21 April 1989. After the parliamentary elections in 1990, he resigned from the federal government on 18 January 1991.
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- This article incorporates information from the revision as of July 16, 2008 of the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.
