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Press Release No. 45/2015 IG Metall Executive Board Approves Personnel Proposal for the New Leadership of IG Metall

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14 July 2015 14 July 2015

Frankfurt am Main – The IG Metall Executive Board has unanimously approved the personnel proposal for the future leadership of IG Metall. The proposal names Jörg Hofmann (59), currently Second Chair, for the office of First Chair. IG Metall announced this on Tuesday in Frankfurt.

For the position of Second Chair, the IG Metall Executive Board has nominated Christiane Benner (47), currently an executive board member of IG Metall. Jürgen Kerner (46) has been renominated for the position of Chief Treasurer.

Ralf Kutzner (56), previously Chief Representative of the Bonn-Rhein-Sieg Administrative Office and an honorary member of the Executive Board, is to join as a new executive board member.

The executive board members Wolfgang Lemb (53), Hans-Jürgen Urban (54), and Irene Schulz (51) are being proposed for reelection.

The election of the future leadership will be conducted by the delegates at the 23rd Regular Union Congress, to be held from October 18 to 24, 2015, in Frankfurt am Main.


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