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RPT-DaimlerChrysler names Bischoff to key board post

FRANKFURT, April 27 (Reuters) - DaimlerChrysler's supervisory board elected new colleague Manfred Bischoff to its influential presidential committee on Thursday, the world's fifth-biggest carmaker said on Thursday.

Bischoff, the chairman of aerospace group EADS and former head of Daimler's aerospace unit Dasa, is widely expected to succeed Hilmar Kopper as group chairman when Kopper's term expires next year.