title: Leni Fischer
text: # Leni Fischer
  
  Leni Fischer (18 July 1935 in Haltern, West Germany – 2 March 2022 in Rheine) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and former member of the German Bundestag.
  
  ## Life
  
  Fischer was a member of the German Bundestag from 1976 to 1998. She had always entered parliament via the North Rhine-Westphalia state list. In the Bundestag she dealt mainly with foreign, defence and development policy issues.
  
  