German carmaker Volkswagen named new chief executive officer on Thursday evening after its supervisory board held an urgent meeting.

 

德国大众监事会周四晚间召开了一场紧急会议，会后任命一位新总裁。
 

 

According to the company's statement, Volkswagen brand director Herbert Diess replaced Matthias Mueller and became the new CEO of the German automaker. 

 

In the statement, VW board thanked Mueller for his service to the company began in 2015.

 

Chairman of the Supervisory Board Hans Dieter Putsch said in the statement Mueller took the chairmanship at a time when VW faced the greatest challenge in its history and safely navigated¹ the company through it. "For that, he is due the thanks of the entire company."

 

The sudden supervisory meeting was originally announced as not taking place until Friday in a cryptic² press statement which first raised the possibility of far-reaching managerial changes at the Wolfsburg-based company.

 

However, board members decided³ to convene⁴ a day earlier after media reports caused wild speculation⁵ over corporate⁶ restructuring efforts.

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