Jens Zimmermann (politician)
Jens Zimmermann | |
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Member of the Bundestag | |
Assumed office 2013 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Groß-Umstadt, West Germany (now Germany) | 9 September 1981
Nationality | German |
Political party | SPD |
Alma mater |
Jens Zimmermann (born 9 September 1981) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Hesse since 2013.
Political career[]
Zimmermann first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election.[1] He is a member of the Finance Committee and the Committee on the Digital Agenda.[2][3] In this capacity, he is his parliamentary group's rapporteur on measures against money laundering and terrorist financing.
In addition to his committee assignments, Zimmermann is part of the German-British Parliamentary Friendship Group.
In the negotiations to form a coalition government under the leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel following the 2017 federal elections, Zimmermann was part of the working group on digital policy, led Helge Braun, Dorothee Bär and Lars Klingbeil.
Other activities[]
- Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), Member of the Administrative Council[4]
- Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Member of the Political Advisory Board (since 2018)[5]
- IG BAU, Member
- German Alpine Club, Member
References[]
- ^ "Dr. Jens Zimmermann, MdB". SPD-Bundestagsfraktion (in German). 2013-10-09. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
- ^ "German Bundestag - Finance". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
- ^ "German Bundestag - Digital Agenda". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
- ^ Administrative Council Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin).
- ^ Bernd Westphal wird neuer Beirats-Vorsitzender beim Wirtschaftsforum der SPD Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, press release of 7 June 2018.
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