Andreas Rimkus | |
|---|---|
 Rimkus in 2019 | |
| Member of the Bundestag | |
| Assumed office 2013 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 December 1962 Düsseldorf, West Germany |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
Andreas Rimkus (born 24 December 1962) is a German electrician and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2013. [1]
Rimkus became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election. [2] In parliament, he was a member of the Committee on Transport and Digital Infrastructure from 2013 until 2017 before moving to the Committee on Economic Affairs and Energy in 2018. [3] In this capacity, he serves as his parliamentary group's rapporteur on Germany's National Hydrogen Strategy.
In addition to his committee assignments, Rimkus is part of the German-Japanese Parliamentary Friendship Group and the German Parliamentary Friendship Group for relations with Belgium and Luxembourg.
In the 2021 German federal election he won a direct mandate in Düsseldorf II, where he stood in 2013 and 2017.
Within the SPD parliamentary group, Rimkus belongs to the Parliamentary Left, a left-wing movement. [4]
In February 2024, Rimkus announced that he would not stand in the 2025 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term. [5]
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