MONIKA WULF-MATHIES (a.k.a. Wulf-Matthies) is the current EU Commissioner for Regional Policy in Brussels after being, from 1982 to 1994, chair of the ÖTV (Gewerkschaft Öffentliche Dienste Transport und Verkehr -- Public Service Trade Union: Transportation and Commerce) and thereby the first woman chair of a DGB (Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund -- Federation of German Trade Unions) labor union.

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