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Dr. Herbert Diess will take up his appointment as a full member of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG at the earlier date of July 1, 2015. This was confirmed bythe Supervisory Board of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft on Friday. The appointment thus comes into effect three months earlier than originally planned and is the result of an agreement between Diess and BMW AG, where Diess held the post of Member of the Board of Management responsible for Development.
In hiscapacity as a member of the Group Board of Management, Diess will take over as Chairman ofthe Volkswagen PassengerCars brand from Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, who remains Chairman of the Group Board of Management. Inthe context of this appointment the newfunction of"Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen Passenger Cars" is to be set up inthe Group Board of Management.
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