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Press Release No. 59/2012 Knut Giesler Becomes District Director in North Rhine-Westphalia

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8 October 2012 8 October 2012

Frankfurt am Main – The Executive Board of IG Metall appointed Knut Giesler (48) as head of the North Rhine-Westphalia district on Monday in Frankfurt. Giesler had served as managing director of IG Metall Wuppertal since March 2008.
A native of Wuppertal, he has been employed full-time by IG Metall since 2005. After completing his apprenticeship as an energy systems electronics technician at FAG Kugelfischer (now Schaeffler), Giesler began gaining experience as a youth and apprentice representative in 1984. Starting in 1991, he served as a full-time member of the works council as well as the general and group works councils.

Knut Giesler is married and has two children. He succeeds Oliver Burkhard, who is set to take on the position of Director of Labor Relations at ThyssenKrupp.