Andreas Pinkwart

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Andreas Pinkwart
Minister of Economics, Innovation, Digitization and Energy of North Rhine-Westphalia
In office 30 June 2017 – 2022
Minister-President	Armin Laschet
Preceded by	Svenja Schulze (Innovation, Science and Research)
Succeeded by	Mona Neubaur
Deputy Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia
In office 24 June 2005 – 15 July 2010
Minister-President	Jürgen Rüttgers
Preceded by	Michael Vesper
Succeeded by	Sylvia Löhrmann
Minister of Innovation, Science, Research and Technology of North Rhine-Westphalia
In office 24 June 2005 – 15 July 2010
Minister-President	Jürgen Rüttgers
Preceded by	Hannelore Kraft (Science and Research)
Succeeded by	Svenja Schulze (Innovation, Science and Research)
Member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia
In office 9 June 2010 – 31 March 2011
Succeeded by	Holger Ellerbrock
Constituency	FDP List
Member of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia
In office 17 October 2002 – 28 June 2005
Succeeded by	Michael Terwiesche
Constituency	FDP List
Personal details
Born	(1960-08-18) 18 August 1960 (age 64) Neunkirchen-Seelscheid, West Germany (now Germany)
Political party	Free Democratic Party
Alma mater	University of Bonn
Occupation	Professor

Andreas Pinkwart (born 1960) is a German politician and academic who served as State Minister for Economic Affairs, Digitization, Innovation and Energy in the governments of Ministers-President Armin Laschet and Hendrik Wüst of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2017 to 2022 and as Deputy Minister-President and State Minister for Innovation, Technology and Research from 2005 to 2010. He previously was the Dean of HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management and holder of the Stiftungsfonds Deutsche Bank Chair of Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship.