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Press Release No. 36/2016 Thorsten Gröger to Become Regional Director of IG Metall in Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt

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5 September 2016 5 September 2016

Frankfurt am Main – The IG Metall Executive Board appointed Thorsten Gröger (47) as head of the Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt district on Monday in Frankfurt. He will succeed Hartmut Meine (64), who is retiring at the end of the year, effective January 1, 2017.

Gröger has been managing director of IG Metall Nienburg-Stadthagen since 2010. A trained toolmaker, he has served since 1987 as an IG Metall shop steward and shop steward committee chair, as well as works council chair at the automotive supplier Faurecia in Stadthagen. In 2005, Gröger moved to the IG Metall Nienburg-Stadthagen office. Thorsten Gröger is married and has one son.

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Further information, as well as his resume and photos, can be found at IG Metall Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt: www.igmetall-nieder-sachsen-anhalt.de.