Hany Azer

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Hany Azer on the verge of being awarded the German Bridge Construction Prize 2008 (March 2008)

Hany Azer (born November 11, 1949 in Tanta ) is a German civil engineer of Coptic - Egyptian origin.

From April 1, 2008 to May 31, 2011, he was in charge of the Stuttgart 21 project and the new Wendlingen – Ulm line . He previously held this position in the railway subsidiary DB ProjektBau GmbH , pause, Regional Division East. He became known as the project manager of Berlin Central Station . In his role as project manager for Stuttgart 21, he was directly subordinate to the board of Deutsche Bahn AG.

Azer later worked on the board of directors for technology at Deutsche Bahn for major projects in Germany and Qatar (as of May 2013). He is now an advisor to the Egyptian President.

Career

Azer is the fifth of six children born to his parents. His father was involved in the construction of the railway line from Cairo to Aswan. The son of a railway engineer initially studied at the Ain-Schams University . He moved from Egypt to Germany in 1973 (other sources: 1974) . He first studied medicine, switched to studying civil engineering in Bochum and graduated in 1979. In the same year he was involved in the construction of a tunnel for the first time.

He worked as a site manager on various subway and bridge projects in the Ruhr area. In 1989 he became branch manager of Bilfinger Berger's Bochum branch .

In 1994 he joined the " Project Company for Transport Systems in the Central Area " (PVZB) as a sub-project manager for tunnel construction and shield driving; later he took on overall responsibility for the north-south long-distance railway tunnel . On May 1, 2001, he took over construction responsibility for Berlin Central Station. In 2003 he was appointed technical project manager (spokesman). Under his leadership, the building was opened on May 28, 2006 in good time for the 2006 World Cup. He suffered a heart attack on the construction site . The station building, which began in 1995, was originally intended to open in 2000. He later managed the construction of the rail link to Berlin Brandenburg Airport and the S-Bahn link from Berlin Central Station in a northerly direction ("S21").

At the end of February 2008, with effect from April 1, 2008, Azer was surprisingly appointed overall project manager for the Stuttgart – Ulm rail project by Hartmut Mehdorn . In this function, he replaced Peter Marquart . Azer had already started building a realization group before he took office. Critics repeatedly accused him of a lack of communication.

At his own request, he gave up the management of the Stuttgart 21 project on May 31, 2011. According to DB information, Azer was increasingly exposed to personal hostility and threats. Since August 2010, work has only been possible under personal protection. Most recently, he had to give up his commuter apartment in Stuttgart for security reasons. Stuttgart-21 opponents had also threatened his family.

According to his own statements, he resigned from this position for personal and professional reasons as well as due to the tense public mood in connection with the project, but not due to cost increases and other risks of the project. However, he lacked appreciation for his work for Stuttgart 21. In 2010 and 2011 he received numerous offensive and threatening letters. He wants to continue working for Deutsche Bahn, initially in Berlin. He was succeeded in June 2011 by Stefan Penn . During his time as project manager, the number of employees increased from half a dozen to more than 100.

He is (as of May 2012) employed by the Board Member for Technology at Deutsche Bahn AG, where he is responsible for major projects in Germany and Qatar . He was to become part of a working group initiated by Hartmut Mehdorn for the rapid completion of Berlin Brandenburg Airport .

According to a media report, however, Deutsche Bahn did not initially release him for this. This then happened in mid-2013.

Since mid-2014, Azer has been advising the Egyptian President Abd al-Fattah as-Sisi as the government representative for the rail, tunnel and transport sectors. In favor of this position, he ended his work for Deutsche Bahn at the beginning of March 2015. Most recently, he continued to work directly on the board of Deutsche Bahn, as the person responsible for major projects in Germany and Qatar. He was involved with the Doha Metro .

Azer is part of an advisory team of German, British and American advisors of Egyptian origin who meet for a weekend every two months. In his new role, Azer will, among other things, drive tunnels under the Suez Canal.

Azer is a Christian, married and has two sons who also work as engineers.

Awards

In the 2005 Berliner Morgenpost election for “Berliner of the Year” he came in 13th place. On October 1, 2006 he received the Order of Merit of the State of Berlin . For his work on the Humboldthafen Bridge at Berlin Central Station, on March 10, 2008, he received, among other participants, the German Bridge Construction Prize 2008 in the road and railway bridges category.

On April 5, 2018, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Ain Shams University in Cairo.

In 2019 Azer received the Federal Cross of Merit "for strengthening the basis of trust between Germany and Egypt".

literature

  • Savior in the pit . In: mobile . August 2003, p. 44 f.
  • "The Executor" . Portrait in the Stuttgarter Zeitung on March 4, 2010.

Individual evidence

  1. Charlottenburg District Court (Berlin): HRB 82899 B , changes to the authorized representatives of DB Projekt Bau GmbH from September 21, 2007.
  2. a b c Markus Bickel: Railway workers . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . No. 64 , March 17, 2015, ISSN  0174-4909 , p. 8 .
  3. http://copticocc.org/site/?p=9820&lang=en
  4. ^ Deutsche Bahn AG: New structure and management for the Stuttgart – Ulm rail project . Press release from February 27, 2008.
  5. New structure and management for the Stuttgart – Ulm rail project . In: bahnfahren.info , February 28, 2008.
  6. Announcement Hany Azer heads major project Stuttgart 21 . In: DB Welt , May 2008 edition, p. 10.
  7. a b Sabine Gundlach: Mehdorn's favorite may not be there . In: Berliner Morgenpost . No. 125 , May 10, 2013, ZDB -ID 749437-3 , p. 17 ( similar version online ).
  8. a b c d e Paul-Anton Krüger: Concrete and other load-bearing elements . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . April 21, 2015, ISSN  0174-4917 , p. 8 ( online ).
  9. a b c d e f g h i Michael Ohnewald: Mission impossible . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung , No. 20, May 22, 2011, p. 26.
  10. a b c Klaus Kurpjuweit: The all-purpose weapon . In: Der Tagesspiegel , May 27, 2012, p. 10.
  11. a b c Erich Preuß: Berlin Central Station . Transpress-Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 978-3-613-71273-7 , p. 100.
  12. Bahn AG exchanges project managers . In: Stuttgarter Nachrichten , February 29, 2008, p. 22.
  13. ^ A b Konstantin Schwarz, Michael Gerster: Stuttgart 21 opponents sense their chance . In: Stuttgarter Zeitung , March 31, 2009, p. 5.
  14. Michael Isenberg: Hany Azer's stage should be the construction site . In: Stuttgarter Nachrichten , November 11, 2008, p. 17.
  15. Michael Isenberg: Overall project manager Azer leaves S 21 . In: Stuttgarter Nachrichten (online edition), May 16, 2011.
  16. a b DB Mobility Logistics AG (ed.): Azer is handing over the management of the Stuttgart - Ulm rail project at the end of May at his own request . Press release from May 16, 2011.
  17. Roman Deininger, Max Hägler: Der Bahnhofsversteher . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . September 6, 2013, ISSN  0174-4917 , p. 6 .
  18. a b Michael Isenberg: "Azer does not throw in the towel" . Stuttgarter Nachrichten (online edition), May 19, 2011.
  19. Overall project manager . In: Stuttgarter Nachrichten , August 19, 2011, p. 19.
  20. Jens Koenen: Will the fired airport architect come back? In: Handelsblatt . No. 63 , April 2, 2013, ISSN  0017-7296 , p. 17 .
  21. Christine Eichelmann: Criticism of partial opening of BER . In: Berliner Morgenpost . No. 224 , August 17, 2013, ZDB -ID 749437-3 , p. 13 (similar version online ).
  22. ^ Christian Milankovic, Thomas Durchdenwald: Protests at the start of construction, setbacks and slow progress follow . In: Stuttgarter Zeitung . No. 25 , January 31, 2015, p. 24 ( online ).
  23. Klaus Kurpjuweit: Main station construction manager is now an honorary doctor. In: tagesspiegel.de. April 4, 2018, accessed April 10, 2018 .
  24. Christian Milankovic: Hany Azer receives the Cross of Merit. In: stuttgarter-zeitung.de. June 14, 2019, accessed August 23, 2019 .