Gerd Friedsam

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Gerd Friedsam (* 1957 in Oberdürenbach , Ahrweiler district ) has been President of the Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW) since the beginning of 2020 . Before that, he had been Vice President under Albrecht Broemme since 2011 .

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Gerd Friedsam joined the Technical Relief Organization as a volunteer in 1986 and moved from the local association (OV) Frankfurt a. M. to Stuttgart . In 1991 he became a specialist teacher at the Academy for Crisis Management, Emergency Planning and Civil Protection (AKNZ). In 1995 he became head of department for foreign assignments of the THW management in Bonn and later acted as head of the management staff. At the same time, between 1998 and 2002, he was the local representative at OV Ahrweiler and chairman of the local helpers' association . In the meantime, he took over the provisional management of the state association of North Rhine-Westphalia .

Friedsam took part in numerous missions abroad, including in Lebanon and Afghanistan, as head of department and volunteer helper .

Missions abroad Friedsams (selection)
year commitment
1988 Armenia , Spitak earthquake
1991 Iran , refugee aid after the Iran-Iraq war
1999 Turkey , earthquake in Gölcük
2002 Central Europe , u. a. Elbe flood
2004 Southeast Asia , tsunami
2006 United States (USA), New Orleans floods

On October 1, 2011, Friedsam was appointed Vice President of the THW under Albrecht Broemme and replaced him on January 1, 2020. Sabine Lackner has been his deputy since April 1, 2020 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Klöpper: Albrecht Broemme is retiring. Gerd Friedsam becomes the new THW President. In: fire department magazine. Ebner Media Group GmbH & Co. KG, December 9, 2019, accessed on April 17, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Gerd Friedsam. In: AW Wiki. Anton Simons, accessed April 17, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Marco Feldmann: Friedsam becomes the new THW President. In: authorities mirror. Pro-Press Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, September 24, 2019, accessed on April 17, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Friedsam is the new THW President. In: Politics & Communication (p & k). Rudolf Hetzel, Torben Werner, February 7, 2020, accessed on April 17, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Sabine Lackner is the new THW Vice President. Federal Agency for Technical Relief, April 1, 2020, accessed on April 17, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Friedsam, Gerd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German disaster relief worker, President of the Federal Agency for Technical Relief
DATE OF BIRTH 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Ahrweiler district