| Willy Wimmer | |
| Term Start: | 1985 |
| Term End: | 1992 |
| Office2: | Parliamentary State Secretary |
| Term Start2: | 1985 |
| Term End2: | 1992 |
| Term Start3: | 1977 |
| Term End3: | 2009 |
| Office4: | Member of Mönchengladbach City Council |
| Term Start4: | 1969 |
| Term End4: | 1980 |
| Birth Date: | 18 May 1943 |
| Birth Place: | Mönchengladbach, Germany |
| Nationality: | German |
| Party: | Christian Democratic Union of Germany |
Willy Wimmer (born 18 May 1943) is a German politician belonging to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU). He was a member of the Bundestag from 1976 to 2009.
Wimmer was born 1943 in the German town of Mönchengladbach and studied law at the University of Cologne.[1]
Wimmer entered the CDU in 1959 and served on the city council in his home town Mönchengladbach from 1969 to 1980.
Wimmer was elected as a 'Direktkandidat' (direct candidate) to the Bundestag in 1977 for the first time.[2]
From 1985 to 1992 Wimmer was 'Parlamentarischer Staatssekretär' (parliamentary state secretary), a parliament-elected bureaucratic post in the Ministry of Defence.
In 1994, Wimmer was elected vice president of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.[3]
Wimmer is an outspoken lobbyist of military interventions.[4]