Friedrich Zimmermann

Friedrich Zimmermann

Friedrich Zimmermann (1990)
Federal Minister of the Interior
In office
1982–1989
Federal Minister of Transport
In office
1989–1991
Preceded by Jürgen Warnke
Personal details
Born (1925-07-18)18 July 1925
Munich, Germany
Died 16 September 2012(2012-09-16) (aged 87)
Filzmoos, Austria
Political party CSU
Profession Lawyer
Religion Roman Catholic

Friedrich Zimmermann (18 July 1925 – 16 September 2012) was a German politician and a member of the CSU. From 1982 to 1989 he was the federal minister of interior.[1] From 1989 to 1991 he held the position of federal minister for transport.[2]

Biography

Friedrich Zimmermann was born on 18 July 1925.[3] He 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 and became a lawyer in 1963.

In 1943, Friedrich Zimmermann became a member of the NSDAP.[4] 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 interior in the Cabinet of Chancellor Helmut Kohl.[5] As part of a cabinet reshuffle, Zimmermann was appointed minister of transport on 21 April 1989, replacing Jürgen Warnke in the post.[6] After the parliamentary elections in 1990, he resigned from the federal government on 18 January 1991.

Personal life and death

Zimmermann was a Catholic and had two children. He was in his third marriage. He died on 16 September 2012.[3]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ Bonn's spy scandal not expected to threaten Kohl Cabinet The Christian Science Monitor 29 August 1985
  2. ↑ Bonn Each Hope the Other Will Flinch in A-Arms Quarrel The Washington Post, 17 May 1989
  3. 1 2 "Ex-Bundesinnenminister Friedrich Zimmermann ist tot". Spiegel. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  4. ↑ ""CSU-Landesgruppenvorsitzende (A document in german about members of the Bavarian political party CSU)"" (PDF). Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung. January 2010. Retrieved 18 April 2010.
  5. ↑ West German Warns About Missile Protests The New York Times, 3 July 1983
  6. ↑ Williams, Carol J. (13 April 1989). "Defense Minister Fired in Cabinet Shake-Up; Eight Posts Changed". AP. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
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