Christiane Benner

Christiane Benner
Benner in 2016
Born
Alma mater
Occupation(s)Sociologist, trade union official

Christiane Benner (born 9 February 1968 in Aachen) is a German sociologist and trade union official. In 2023, she became the first woman to hold the post of First Chairwoman of Europe's largest industrial union, IG Metall (the German metalworkers union). After being elected to the union leadership in 2015, she is the first woman to do so in the union's 125-year history.