Gabriele "Gabi" Zimmer (born 7 May 1955) is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Germany.
She is a member of The Left, part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left.
She has been a member of the East German communist party, the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) and its successors, continuously since 1981.
The party was renamed SED-PDS in 1989, PDS in 1990 and Die Linkspartei.PDS in 2005.
In 2007 it merged with WASG to form Die Linke.
She was chairwoman of then-PDS from 2000 to 2003.
From 1990 to 1998, she was chairwoman of the PDS at the regional level in Thuringia.
From October 1990 until July 2004 she served as a member of the Landtag of Thuringia.
Other political functions:
1990-1998 Chairperson of PDS in Thuringia
Since 1995 Member of the PDS Executive Board
1996–2000 Vice Chairwoman of PDS
1999–2000 Chairwoman of PDS in the Thuringian Parliament
2000–03 Chairwoman of PDS
2004- Member of the European Parliament
2012- Chair of Confederal Group of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left