Marie-Jo Zimmermann (born 29 April 1951) is a French politician who was a Member of Parliament, for the

Union for a Popular Movement The Union for a Popular Movement ( ; UMP ) was a Liberal conservatism, liberal-conservative List of political parties in France, political party in France, largely inspired by the Gaullism, Gaullist tradition. During its existence, the UMP was o ...

(UMP) party, between 1998 and 2017. She represented Moselle's 3rd constituency. She was born in the town of

Creutzwald Creutzwald (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Moselle département in Grand Est in north-eastern France, located on the German border, just south of Überherrn (with which it is twinned) and west of Lauterbach-Völklingen, both in the S ...

, in

Moselle The Moselle ( , ; ; ) is a river that rises in the Vosges mountains and flows through north-eastern France and Luxembourg to western Germany. It is a bank (geography), left bank tributary of the Rhine, which it joins at Koblenz. A sm ...

. In 1998, she was elected to represent Moselle in the

French National Assembly The National Assembly (, ) is the lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral French Parliament under the French Fifth Republic, Fifth Republic, the upper house being the Senate (France), Senate (). The National Assembly's legislators are known ...

, and was re-elected for the same constituency in 2002, 2007 and 2012. She has been the president of the Assembly's group on women's rights, and has been sitting on the commission for Cultural Affairs. She failed to be re-elected in 2017. From 1998 to 2001, she was also a member of the regional council for

Lorraine Lorraine, also , ; ; Lorrain: ''Louréne''; Lorraine Franconian: ''Lottringe''; ; ; is a cultural and historical region in Eastern France, now located in the administrative region of Grand Est. Its name stems from the medieval kingdom of ...

, and from 1989 to 2002, she served as a member of the town council for

Metz Metz ( , , , then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle (river), Moselle and the Seille (Moselle), Seille rivers. Metz is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Moselle (department), Moselle Departments ...

External links

Marie-Jo Zimmerman's official website (in French)
1951 births Living people Union for a Popular Movement politicians Women members of the National Assembly (France) Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic 21st-century French women politicians Members of Parliament for Moselle {{France-politician-UMP-stub