Andreas Rimkus | |
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Member of the Bundestag | |
Assumed office 2013 | |
Personal details | |
Born | (1962-12-24) 24 December 1962 (age 61) 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.
Within the SPD parliamentary group, Rimkus belongs to the Parliamentary Left, a left-wing movement.[4]