Edwin Zimmermann (born Schöna 15 August 1948) is a German engineer and politician (SPD).After the German reunification, between November 1990 and December 1997, he was regional Minister of Food, Agriculture and Forestry in Brandenburg. His name hit the headlines in 1997 over the "Bake-oven affair" which ended his ministerial career and eventually, in 2004, left him with an eleven month suspended sentence for "Subsidy Fraud" ("Subventionsbetrug").