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... was born in 1953.
He was trained as a motor mechanic. From 1972 to 1974 he worked at Karstadt AG, Essen, before moving to Mannesmann Hüttenwerke AG, Duisburg, as a machine operator in the finishing shop. In 1975 he joined the Handel, Banken und Versicherungen trade union as trade union secretary, becoming federal youth secretary to the trade union executive committee in 1976. From 1979 to 1987 he was trade union secretary at the Duisburg administrative office of IG Metall. He subsequently joined the Düsseldorf office of the IG Metall executive committee as trade union secretary. In 1994 he was appointed labor director at Thyssen Guss AG. In 1998 he joined the executive board of Thyssen Umformtechnik + Guss GmbH in Bochum, where he also acted as labor director. In 2000 Labonte was appointed member of the executive board and labor director of ThyssenKrupp Automotive AG, Bochum.
Since January 2003 Ralph Labonte has been a member of the Executive Board and labor director of ThyssenKrupp AG. He held the same position at ThyssenKrupp Steel AG, Duisburg. On October 1, 2005, he was appointed to the Board of ThyssenKrupp Technologies AG.
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