Günter Lenz (politician)

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Günter Lenz (born July 26, 1959 in Hanover ) is a German politician ( SPD ) and former works council chairman of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles (1998–2007). From March 2003 to June 2007 he was a member of the Lower Saxony State Parliament . He is also a member of IG Metall. He is married with two children and lives in Resse .

education and profession

After attending grammar school, Lenz trained as a toolmaker at Volkswagen in Hanover. After 15 months of basic military service, he completed his master craftsman's examination in 1985 and graduated in business administration in 1991. Between 1982 and 1995 he took part in an extra-occupational further education course in work sciences at the University of Hanover . In 1998 he was elected Chairman of the Works Council of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles AG in Hanover. On July 17, 2007, he resigned from all positions at Volkswagen due to his involvement in the affair with prostitutes. His successor as BR chairman was his previous deputy Heinrich Söfjer on August 29, 2007.

politics

Lenz has been a member of the SPD since 1982. Since 1989 he has been chairman of the Hanover district executive of the SPD's working group for employee issues. In March 2003 Lenz was elected to the Lower Saxony state parliament via the state list. Lenz resigned from his state parliament mandate in June 2007.

VW corruption affair

After the conviction of the former member of the Bundestag Hans-Jürgen Uhl in the context of the VW corruption affair , he came under increasing pressure in his function as SPD member of the state parliament. Previously, the former VW HR manager Klaus-Joachim Gebauer had declared in the trial against the ex-SPD member of the Bundestag Hans-Jürgen Uhl that Lenz had used prostitutes several times at VW's expense . The criminal proceedings against Lenz were discontinued against payment of 11,250 euros;

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The VW affair at a glance NDR from June 23, 2015.
  2. ↑ n-tv.de June 15, 2007: "VW affair weighs heavily, Lenz resigns". Retrieved June 24, 2015 .
  3. ↑ manager-magazin.de
  4. ^ Neue Presse, Hanover, February 23, 2008
personal data
SURNAME Lenz, Günter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (SPD), MdL
DATE OF BIRTH July 26, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover