| Andreas Rimkus | |
| Office: | Member of the Bundestag |
| Term Start: | 2013 |
| Birth Date: | 1962 12, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Düsseldorf, West Germany |
| 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]