Gerald Grusser
Gerald Grusser (born July 5, 1956 ) is a German association official . He was chief executive of the Erfurt Chamber of Commerce and Industry , is honorary consul of Sweden and honorary professor at the University of Erfurt .
Life
Grusser graduated in economics at the universities of Leipzig and Halle and graduated as a Master of Economics from. From 1982 to 1990 he held management positions in the areas of production, materials management and sales in metalworking companies in Leipzig and Erfurt , before he became deputy general manager and managing director of the industry / foreign trade division of the IHK Erfurt as well as managing director of the Thuringian foreign trade promotion agency in 1990. In 1998 he was appointed managing director of the IHK Erfurt. In September 2019 he retired as General Manager for reasons of age.
Grusser holds several honorary positions. He has been Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of Sweden for Thuringia since 2005 and honorary professor at the University of Erfurt since December 2015 , where he teaches business start-ups at the Faculty of Political Science. Grusser was also a member of the university council of the Adam-Ries-Fachhochschule and the dual university Gera-Eisenach . He is active in the Central German State Board of Trustees of the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft, on the Presidium of the Board of Trustees of the Thüringer Sporthilfe Foundation and a member of the board of the Staatswissenschaftlichen Forum eV and the board of the Thuringian Economic Archives eV He acts as an ambassador for the city of Erfurt. He is also a member of the Wilhelm Röpke Institute and has been a member of the radio council of Deutschlandradio since 2019 .
Awards
Grusser received the following awards:
- 2006: Federal Cross of Merit on the ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 2006: Paul Harris Fellow Medal from the Rotary Foundation in Zurich
- 2007: Knight of the Ordre national du Mérite of the Republic of France
- 2012: Knight 1st class of the Royal North Star Order of the Kingdom of Sweden
- 2013: European Order of Merit Mérite Européen in bronze
- 2015: Golden badge of honor from the Federal Association of Medium-Sized Enterprises
- 2016: Sebastian Lucius Medal from the Erfurt Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- 2018: Honorary Professor of Lviv National Polytechnic University
- 2018: Order of Merit of the Free State of Thuringia
- 2018: European Order of Merit Mérite Européen in silver
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Erfurt Ambassador presented , Landeshauptstadt Erfurt 2012, p. 26.
- ↑ a b c Vita on schwedenkonsulat.de ; Retrieved December 18, 2015.
- ↑ Dietmar Grosser: General Manager of the IHK Erfurt is retiring - “The Thuringian economy is well positioned”. September 3, 2019, accessed on September 5, 2019 (German).
- ↑ University appoints Gerald Grusser honorary professor , communication from the University of Erfurt dated December 14, 2015.
- ↑ Members of the Radio Council of Deutschlandradios , accessed on January 11, 2019.
- ↑ IHK chief executive becomes honorary professor in Lemberg , press release of the IHK in Erfurt from October 2018, accessed on January 11, 2019.
- ↑ Award of the Thuringian Order of Merit , on the Thuringian State Chancellery website, accessed on January 11, 2019.
- ↑ Announcement on the award of November 30, 2018 on meriteeuropeen.eu (accessed on March 22, 2019).
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SURNAME | Grusser, Gerald |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German functionary, honorary consul of Sweden |
DATE OF BIRTH | 5th July 1956 |