Andreas Rimkus

Andreas Rimkus (born 24 December 1962) is a German electrician and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2013 to 2025.^[1]

Andreas Rimkus
Rimkus in 2019
Member of the Bundestag
In office 2013–2025
Personal details
Born	(1962-12-24) 24 December 1962 (age 62) Düsseldorf, West Germany
Political party	Social Democratic Party

Political career

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 served as his parliamentary group's rapporteur on Germany's National Hydrogen Strategy.

In addition to his committee assignments, Rimkus was 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 belonged 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]

Other activities

• Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Member of the Political Advisory Board (since 2020)^[6]
• German United Services Trade Union (ver.di), Member