Guy Ryder
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Guy Ryder CBE |
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Guy Ryder (2014).
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| 10th Director-General of the International Labour Organization | |
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Assumed office 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Juan Somavía |
| 1st General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation | |
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In office November 2006 – June 2010 |
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| Preceded by | new organisation |
| Succeeded by | Sharan Burrow |
| General Secretary of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions | |
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In office February 2002 – October 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Lord Jordan |
| Succeeded by | organisation abolished |
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3 January 1956 Liverpool, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Children | Laura Ellen Ryder |
| Residence | Geneva, Switzerland |
| Alma mater | |
Guy Ryder CBE (born 3 January 1956) is the 10th director-general of the International Labour Organization (ILO). He was previously General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) (2006–2010) and before that General Secretary of its predecessor body the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) (2002–2006).
Born in Liverpool in 1956, Ryder studied Social and Political Sciences at the University of Cambridge and then Latin American Studies at Liverpool. He speaks French and Spanish as well as his mother tongue, English. He started his professional career in 1981 as an assistant in the International Department of the Trades Union Congress in London.
From 1985, Ryder held the position of Secretary of the Industry Trade Section of the International Federation of Commercial, Clerical, Professional and Technical Employees (FIET) in Geneva.
In 1988, he became Assistant Director of the Geneva office of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), then in 1993 was appointed as its Director.
Ryder first joined the International Labour Organization in 1998 as Director of its Bureau for Workers’ Activities and then in 1999 became Director of the Office of the Director-General. It was during this time that the ILO’s Decent Work Agenda was launched and won support from other international bodies.
In 2002, Ryder was appointed as General Secretary of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), based in Brussels, where he led a process described as the global unification of the democratic international trade union movement. He also became a leading figure in the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP), for which he spoke at the 2005 World Summit. He was elected as first General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) when it was created in 2006 and headed its delegations to talks with the United Nations, IMF, World Bank, and World Trade Organization and to the G20 Leaders’ Summits.
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