Raymond Willem Knops (born 10 November 1971) is a Dutch politician and retired RNLAF officer who served as State Secretary for the Interior and Kingdom Relations under the Third Rutte cabinet from 2017 to 2019 and again from 2020 until 2022.

As a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal, Raymond Knops he was elected to the municipal council of Horst aan de Maas in 1998.

Knops was appointed State Secretary at the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations under Minister Kajsa Ollongren in the Third Rutte cabinet on 26 October 2017.

[1] From 1 November 2019 until 14 April 2020, he was Acting Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations due to Ollongren's extended medical leave of absence.

He then returned as a State Secretary and was succeeded on 10 January 2022 by Alexandra van Huffelen as the Fourth Rutte cabinet was installed.