Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party
Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann
Dr Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann was born in 1958. She is married and has three children. After graduating from high school, she studied journalism, politics and German language and literature at the LMU in Munich, where she also gained her doctorate. She then worked for over 20 years as an independent publishing representative for the youth book publisher Tessloff. She was active in local politics in Düsseldorf from 1999-2023 and was a member of the state capital’s council from 2004-2023.
From 2004 to 2009 and 2014 to 2017, she was Chairwoman of the FDP parliamentary group, from 2008 to 2014 First Mayor of the state capital Düsseldorf and from 2013 to 2019 Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann was Deputy Federal Chairwoman of the FDP.
She has been a member of the Federal Executive Committee since 2019 and has also been a member of the Bundestag since 2017. Strack-Zimmermann has been Chair of the Defence Committee of the German Bundestag since December 2021. She was elected as the lead candidate for the European elections at the federal party conference in April 2023.
Dream job as a kid:
As a kid, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann wanted to be a radio presenter.
