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]
Andreas Rimkus | |
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 Rimkus in 2019 | |
| Member of the Bundestag | |
| Assumed office 2013 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 December 1962 Düsseldorf, West Germany |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
Political career
editRimkus 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]
Other activities
edit- 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
References
edit- ^ "Andreas Rimkus | Abgeordnetenwatch". abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "Andreas Rimkus, MdB". SPD-Bundestagsfraktion (in German). 23 September 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "German Bundestag – Economic Affairs and Energy". German Bundestag. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ Members Parliamentary Left.
- ^ Alexander Esch (16 February 2024), SPD in Düsseldorf: Andreas Rimkus kandidiert nicht mehr für den Bundestag Bayerischer Rundfunk.
- ^ Bernd Westphal und Anke Rehlinger koordinieren neu konstituierten Politischen Beirat des SPD-Wirtschaftsforums Archived 20 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, press release of 1 July 2020.
External links
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- Bundestag biography (in English)
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