| Erwin Rüddel | |
| Office: | Member of the Bundestag |
| Term Start: | 2009 |
| Predecessor: | Sabine Bätzing-Lichtenthäler |
| Birth Date: | 1955 12, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Bonn, West Germany |
| Party: | CDU |
| Nationality: | German |
Erwin Rüddel (born 21 December 1955) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 2009.
Rüddel was member of the council of Windhagen from 1984 until 2018.[1] He served as a member of the State Parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate in 1987 and again from 1998 until 2009.
From 2003 until 2008, Rüddel was part of the leadership of the CDU in Rhineland-Palatinate, under successive chairpersons Christoph Böhr (2003-2006) and Christian Baldauf (2006-2008).
Rüddel became a member of the Bundestag in the 2009 German federal election, representing the Neuwied district.[2] He is a member of the Health Committee, which he has been chairing since 2018.[3]
In May 2022, Rüddel announced that he would not stand in the 2025 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.[4]