German-Arab Society
| German-Arab Society (DAG) |
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| legal form | registered association |
| founding | 1966 in Würzburg |
| Seat | Berlin , Germany |
| main emphasis | Politics , economy , culture , Germany , Arab world |
| Action space | Germany , Arab world |
| Chair | Michael Lüders |
| Website | www.dag.de |
The German-Arab Society e. V. ( DAG ) is a non-profit association. It was founded in Würzburg in 1966 ; the association's headquarters and offices are in Berlin .
Basics
The aim of the German-Arab Society is the continuous expansion of German-Arab friendship and the deepening of economic, political and cultural relations between Germany and the Arab world.
Central points of the statutes of the German-Arab Society are:
- to promote German-Arab friendship;
- to inform the citizens of the Arab countries and the Federal Republic of Germany sufficiently and objectively about the problems, questions and events of interest to both sides;
- Promote and deepen relationships in the fields of culture, research and science;
- to promote and intensify political and economic relations, especially development aid projects between the Arab countries and the Federal Republic of Germany;
- looking after the Arabs living in the Federal Republic;
- Support for people in need, especially in the Arab states.
Structures and organs
Board
President:
- Michael Lüders , publicist, economic advisor and Middle East expert
Honorary President:
- Ernst J. Trapp , Trapp Construction International GmbH, Wesel
- Faisal Abdul Majeed Bin Abdul Majedd Bin Abdulazis Al Saud
Vice President:
- Gerhard Fulda , ambassador ret. D.
- Abdul-Rahman Alawi , former head of the PLO representation Northern Europe, publisher, Cologne
- Bassam Helou , CEO, TRANSUMED GmbH Medizintechnik, Koblenz, Berlin
- Ida di Pietro , former UN diplomat D.
- Ali Memari Fard , Senior Advisor, CMPAG mbH, Dessau
- Ayad Al-Ani , economist, Humboldt Institute for Internet a. Society, Berlin
Secretary General:
- Harald Moritz Bock , former Ministerialrat D.
Treasurer:
- Oliver Klein , lawyer and tax advisor
Members of the Advisory Board (selection)
In addition to the chairman, the DAG advisory board includes the ambassadors of the Arab countries in Germany and other individuals. Well-known members of the DAG Advisory Board include:
- Chairman of the Advisory Board: Bernd Erbel , Ambassador a. D.
- Nor-Eddine Aouam , Ambassador of Algeria
- Khouloud Daibes , Ambassador of Palestine
- Sultan Masood Dakik , Managing Director of NAIF Saudi and German High Tech Products GmbH, Wesel
- Ibrahim El-Zayat , CEO, ZZ International Consulting ug
- Hans-Christof Graf von Sponeck , Assistant Secretary General United Nations (UN) a. D. Muellheim / Baden
- Wolfgang Kubicki Member of the Bundestag, Vice President of the German Bundestag, Deputy Chairman of the FDP
- Aiman A. Mazyek , Chairman of the Central Council of Muslims in Germany ZMD, journalist, publicist
- Günter Meyer , Center for Research on the Arab World at the University of Mainz, Chairman of the DAVO
- Georg Meggle , philosopher and honorary president of the Society for Analytical Philosophy , Leipzig and Cairo
- Walter Georg Olms , publisher, Hildesheim
- Edda Pulst , professor for business informatics a 2 y
- Rolf Verleger , University of Lübeck, President of the BIB
- Michael-Hubertus von Sprenger , attorney in Munich
- Jasna Zajček , Middle East journalist, book author, cultural mediator , town clerk Greifswald, Greifswald and Berlin
History of the Board of Directors
The former Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister of Economics Jürgen Möllemann was President of the DAG from 1981 to 1991 and from 1993 to his suicide in 2003 . In between, the former vice-president of the DAG and SPD politician Dieter Schinzel was president of the company from 1991 to 1993. In 2004, the former Bavarian Minister of Economic Affairs, Otto Wiesheu, was elected Möllemann's successor. In March 2007 Wiesheu resigned from the office after a large majority of the members did not approve an amendment to the statutes he was aiming for. Peter Scholl-Latour was unanimously elected to succeed him as President of the DAG ; he was appointed to the DAG Advisory Board in 1986. In December 2008 and in the following years up to and including 2014, Scholl-Latour was unanimously confirmed as President by the general meeting and by ordinary election. Since the death of Peter Scholl-Latour on August 16, 2014, the Vice-Presidents have taken his place. The Vice Presidents, Ernst J. Trapp and Ulrich Kienzle, were interim spokespersons for the Presidium until the new President was elected.
In 2013 a. a. the entrepreneur Ernst J. Trapp and the TV journalist Ulrich Kienzle. The office of the Secretary General has Ministerialrat a. D. Harald Moritz Bock. The DAG's treasurer was the lawyer and tax advisor Oliver Klein. The board also included the long-time head of the Palestinian Representation in the Nordic countries, Abdul-Rahman Alawi, ambassador ret. D. Gerhard Fulda, the entrepreneurs Bassam Helou and Ali Memari Fard, Alexander Krah , Sinan Carikci and Ibrahim El-Zayat. Honorary President of the DAG has been Prince Faisal ibn Abdul Majeed Al Saud of Saudi Arabia since October 2007.
In April 2010, MEP Alexandra Thein became chair of the advisory board.
Others
- The German-Arab Society awards the " Friedrich II. Von Hohenstaufen Prize for Lived Friendship of Peoples and Integration of Nations" at irregular intervals . In 1986 it went to Bruno Kreisky for the first time . In 2018 the award was given to Leoluca Orlando . The 2019 award winner was the former UN diplomat Hans-Christof von Sponeck .
- Since 2018, the German-Arab Society has awarded the Carsten Niebuhr Prize for international cultural exchange every year . The first prize winner in 2018 was the artist Marianne Manda . In 2019 the prize was awarded to Walter Sommerfeld .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Welcome to the German-Arab Society. DAG, accessed September 14, 2018 .
- ↑ https://www.dag.de/index.php?id=31
- ^ German-Arab Society Michael Lüders succeeds Peter Scholl-Latour
- ↑ http://www.rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/kleve/trapp-vom-baubetrieb-zur-weltfirma-aid-1.3603772
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from April 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.hiig.de/staff/ayad-al-ani-prof-dr-dr-2/
- ↑ https://krautreporter.de/849--das-filtern-und-erschliessen-neuer-medienquellen-ist-niemals- completed
- ↑ DAG website, members of the Executive Board, accessed on June 3, 2020
- ^ DAG website, members of the advisory board, accessed on June 3, 2020
- ↑ http://monde-arabe.arte.tv/de/g%C3%BCnter-meyer-propaganda-und-medienhype/
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from April 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/politik/deutscher-erdogan-anwalt-von-sprenger-ist-ein-profi-fuer-politische-klagen-23878426
- ↑ http://www.ksta.de/politik/deutscher-erdogan-anwalt-von-sprenger-ist-ein-profi-fuer-politische-klagen-23878426
- ↑ http://www.stuttgarter-nachrichten.de/inhalt.erdogans-deutscher-anwalt-er-will-den-instanzenweg-ausschoepfen.600ad41b-c474-4f1d-a6fd-84537585deb4.html
- ↑ http://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.erdogans-deutscher-anwalt-er-will-den-instanzenweg-ausschoepfen.8b1ddab2-d11a-42f0-b1cd-9f855c2eab69.html
- ↑ Wolfgang Kubicki: "I wish Ralf Stegner as SPD leader" Hamburger Abendblatt October 4, 2019, 1:41:15 minutes
- ↑ http://www.dag.de/index.php?id=41&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=1279&cHash=7990f7ce0428cca490136127ea575155
- ↑ https://www.die-mitte.berlin/blog/preis-f%C3%BCr-gelebte-freundschaft-der-v%C3%B6lker-und-integration-der-nationen
- ↑ | Stuttgart newspaper
- ↑ https://meldorferkulttour.blogspot.com/2018/05/carsten-niebuhr-preis.html
- ↑ https://www.lifepr.de/inaktiv/deutsch-arabische-gesellschaft-ev/Diesjaehriger-Carsten-Niebuhr-Preis-fuer-internationalen-Kulturausch-der-Deutsch-Arabischen-Gesellschaft-ging-an-den-Orientwissenschaftler -Walter-Sommerfeld / boxid / 754372
