Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann
Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann | |
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Strack-Zimmermann in 2024 | |
| Chair of the Committee on Security and Defence of the European Parliament | |
| Assumed office 27 January 2025 | |
| Deputy | Christophe Gomart |
| Preceded by | Nathalie Loiseau |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| Assumed office 16 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Nicola Beer |
| Constituency | Germany |
| Chair of the Defence Committee | |
| In office 15 December 2021 – 12 June 2024 | |
| Deputy | Henning Otte |
| Preceded by | Wolfgang Hellmich |
| Succeeded by | Marcus Faber |
| Deputy Leader of the Free Democratic Party | |
| In office 8 December 2013 – 26 April 2019 | |
| Leader | |
| Preceded by | Holger Zastrow |
| Succeeded by | Nicola Beer |
| Member of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| In office 24 October 2017 – 15 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | multi-member district |
| Succeeded by | Fabian Griewel |
| Constituency | Free Democratic Party List |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Marie-Agnes Jahn 10 March 1958 Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party | Free Democratic Party (1990–) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Dr. phil.) |
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Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann (née Jahn, born 10 March 1958) is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since July 2024.
Before that Strack-Zimmermann served as Member of the German Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2017 to 2024. In parliament, she chaired the Defence Committee. From 2008 to 2014, she served as First Mayor of Düsseldorf, thereby acting as deputy to the Lord Mayor.