Edwin Zimmermann

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Edwin Zimmermann (born August 15, 1948 in Schöna ) is a German engineer and politician ( SPD ).

Life and work

Edwin Zimmermann was born on August 15, 1948 in Schöna. After attending the Polytechnic High School in Hohenbucko , he completed an apprenticeship as an agricultural machinery and tractor fitter at the Scientific and Technical Center (WTZ) in Schlieben from 1965 to 1967 . He worked as a locksmith in 1967/68, did basic military service with the NVA in 1968/69 and was employed as a lathe operator at PGH Landmaschinenbau in Dahme / Mark in 1969/70 . In 1970 he was briefly employed by the authorities at the People's Police District Office in Herzberg . In 1970/71 Zimmermann worked as a locksmith at LPG (Type I) in Schöna and from 1972 to 1975 he was a master of spinning technology in thread production. On his second educational path, he went through a course of studies in Berlin in 1974/75 and attended the engineering school in Friesack from 1975 to 1978 , where he graduated with a degree in agricultural engineering. From 1976 to 1990 he was Head of Transport / Handling at the Agrotechnical Center in Hohenseefeld . After German reunification, he was Brandenburg's Agriculture Minister from November 1990 to December 1997.

Zimmermann has been working as an independent consultancy since 1998. From December 1999 to 2004 he was President of the Brandenburg State Sports Association . He is also honorary chairman of the Spreewaldverein eV

Edwin Zimmermann is married to Christel John and has one daughter.

politics

Zimmermann participated in the founding of the SPD in Dahme and in the Luckau district during the political change in the GDR in November 1989 . In April 1990 he was elected chairman of the district executive committee of the SPD in Cottbus and at the same time the deputy state chairman of the SPD Brandenburg. On November 1, 1990, he was appointed Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forestry in the government of the State of Brandenburg led by Prime Minister Manfred Stolpe .

Zimmermann was a member of the Brandenburg State Parliament from March 19, 1992, when he replaced the retired MP Gustav Just , until 2004. In the second and third legislative periods he was elected to parliament through the constituency of Dahme-Spreewald II. In the state parliament he was a member of the Committee on Food, Agriculture and Forestry from 1997 to 1999 and from 1999 to 2004 a member of the Committee on Education, Youth and Sport and the Committee on European Affairs and Development Policy.

Oven affair

After accusations of infidelity and fraud were made against Zimmermann in connection with the so-called "oven affair", he resigned from his ministerial office on November 14, 1997 with effect from December 19, 1997. When EU funding and contracts were awarded, around 250,000 euros went to Zimmermann's family farm for the ABM project of a “show bakery” during his tenure . The local wood-burning stove, which was particularly favored by the funding, was operated by his wife, brother and daughter. In spring 1998, the state of Brandenburg demanded some of the subsidies back.

At the end of 1998 the public prosecutor of the Potsdam Regional Court started investigations against Zimmermann for breach of trust and subsidy fraud. The former minister, whose offices were subsequently raided, firmly denied the allegations. The proceedings were initially discontinued and resumed in summer 2000. On February 22nd, 2002, Zimmermann and two other defendants were acquitted by a chamber of the Potsdam Regional Court. The public prosecutor's office then applied for a revision and the reopening of the proceedings ended in April 2003 with the lifting of the acquittal. On February 18, 2004, Zimmermann was sentenced in a further trial after 15 days of trial by the Potsdam Regional Court to a prison sentence of eleven months on probation and to a payment of 5,000 euros to a charitable organization. On June 16, 2005, the Federal Court of Justice upheld the conviction and rejected Zimmermann's appeal.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Welt online from December 13, 2003: Ex-Agriculture Minister Edwin Zimmermann is no longer running for LSB President
  2. ↑ Berliner Zeitung of April 17, 1998: Oven affair: Zimmermann has to pay
  3. ↑ Berliner Zeitung of May 31, 2000: Public prosecutor wants to charge Zimmermann with an oven affair
  4. ↑ Berliner Morgenpost of April 9, 2003: "Oven affair": acquittal for ex-minister canceled
  5. ↑ Berliner Zeitung of February 19, 2004: The oven is off
  6. ^ Judgment of the BGH of June 16, 2005, file number: 5 StR 440/04
personal data
SURNAME Carpenter, Edwin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German engineer and politician (SPD), MdL
DATE OF BIRTH August 15, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Nice