PRESS RELEASE Executive Board Approves Candidate List for the Election of New Leadership at the 2023 Union Convention

Frankfurt am Main – The IG Metall Executive Board has endorsed the list of candidates presented by First Chair Jörg Hofmann for IG Metall’s future leadership team. The executive board members—like the entire Executive Board—will be newly elected at the IG Metall Union Congress from October 22 to 26, 2023. The current First Chair, Jörg Hofmann, as well as the current executive board members Wolfgang Lemb, Ralf Kutzner, and Irene Schulz, will not be standing for re-election. In addition, the Executive Board decided to propose to the union convention that the number of executive board members be reduced from 7 to 5.

The Executive Board has nominated Christiane Benner, currently Second Chair of IG Metall, for the office of First Chair.

The Executive Board recommends Jürgen Kerner, currently Chief Treasurer of IG Metall, as Second Chairperson. According to the Executive Board’s resolution, Nadine Boguslawski, currently First Representative at the Stuttgart office, is to succeed him in this position.

Executive Board member Hans-Jürgen Urban is nominated for reelection. The proposal designates Ralf Reinstädtler, currently First Representative at the Homburg-Saarpfalz office, as a new executive board member.

Jörg Hofmann, First Chairman of IG Metall: “Despite major personnel changes, this proposal for leadership positions promises continuity. This applies to IG Metall’s commitment to a socio-ecological and democratic transformation of the industrial and skilled trades sectors we represent, as well as to the societal framework conditions necessary to enable this transformation. It also stands for the continuation of a consistent restructuring of IG Metall toward a strong, participatory, and conflict-ready organizational force on the ground in the approximately 150 IG Metall regional offices nationwide.

I am confident that the leadership team I have proposed is the best choice for the future of IG Metall. Their broad subject-matter expertise, personal experience at all levels of our organization, and fresh ideas are the right prerequisites for successfully tackling the challenges that lie ahead. In this way, IG Metall will remain in the coming years the assertive, combative, and forward-looking union that it is today.”

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The election of the future leadership will be conducted by the delegates at the 25th Regular Union Congress, which will take place in Frankfurt am Main from October 22 to 26, 2023.