title: Andreas Rimkus
text: # Andreas Rimkus
  
  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.
  
  ## Political career
  
  Rimkus became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election. 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. 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.
  
  ## Other activities
  
  * Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Member of the Political Advisory Board (since 2020)
  * German United Services Trade Union (ver.di), Member
  