Michael Sommer
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Michael Sommer (born January 15, 1952) is a German labor leader and the chairman of the German Confederation of Trade Unions (DGB) since 2002.
Born in Büderich, now part of Meerbusch, North Rhine-Westphalia, Sommer studied political sciences at Free University of Berlin from 1971 to 1980. He has been a member of the German Post Trade Union, which became part of ver.di in 2001, since 1971. After his final degree, Sommer worked for the trade union. He climbed the ladder in the trade union becoming chairman of ver.di on March 18, 2001. A year later on May 28, he was elected chairman of the DGB.
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- This article incorporates text translated from the corresponding German Wikipedia article as of October 21, 2006.
