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Press Release No. 18/2010 Jürgen Wechsler to Become New Regional Director of IG Metall in Bavaria

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7 June 2010 7 June 2010

Frankfurt/Main – The IG Metall Executive Board has appointed Jürgen Wechsler (54) as the new district director of the IG Metall Bavaria district. Wechsler succeeds Werner Neugebauer, who stepped down from the position on July 1 after 22 years as district director.

Wechsler previously served as chief representative at the IG Metall administrative office in Nuremberg. He has been employed as a union secretary at IG Metall since 1989. A native of Middle Franconia, he trained as a mechanic at Siemens. After serving in the German Navy, he worked as a skilled worker at Siemens Trafo Union in Nuremberg. A married father of three, he assumed the position of Second Representative in 1992 and became First Representative at the IG Metall administrative office in Nuremberg in 2008.