Personal data
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Date and place of birth |
04.06.1954 in Budapest (Hungary) |
Citizenship at birth |
Hungarian |
Citizenship at present |
German |
Civil status |
married since 19.04.1996 with Dipl.-Ing. Gabriella Brenner; daughter Johanna Brenner born 10.01.2000 in Berlin, Germany |
Address |
Dickensweg 54, D-14055 Berlin, Germany |
Office address |
Bundesministerium des Innern, für Bau und Heimat, Alt-Moabit 140, D-10557 Berlin, Germany |
Phone (private)
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+49 173 63 444 32 |
Phone (office) |
+49 30 18 681 10674 |
Academic and civil service qualifications
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University studies |
Technische Universität Dresden, Faculty of Architecture, degree of Diplom-Ingenieur (Dipl.-Ing.), 1976
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Civil service qualification |
town and country planning, title of Bauassessor, Oberprüfungsamt für den höheren technischen Dienst (Supreme Examination Authority for the High-Ranking Technical Civil Service), Frankfurt am Main, 1984 |
Academic degree |
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Technical University Budapest, Faculty of Architecture, 1997 |
Language skills
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German |
native speaker |
Hungarian |
native speaker |
English |
fluent |
Professional experience record
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Since July 2018 |
vice-head of spatial planning unit, German Federal Ministry of the Interior, for Building and Community
- same responsibilities and duties as November 2013 - July 2018, additionally questions of legislation
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November 2013 – July 2018 |
vice-head of law and model projects of spatial development unit, German Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development (since December 2013: Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure) - model projects on regional energy concepts, on adaptation to climate change, and to demographic change in rural areas
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May 2011 – October 2013 |
vice-head of urban restructuring unit, German Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development - same responsibilities and duties as July 2007 – March 2011
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2011, March – May |
ad interim during the Hungarian EU presidency advisor to the Hungarian Ministry of the Interior - advising the Ministry concerning tasks in the field of urban development during the Hungarian EU presidency - advising the Ministry in questions of planning and building legislation
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July 2007 – March 2011 |
vice-head of urban restructuring unit, German Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development - implementing a 1.1 billion Euro program of the Federal Government on urban restructuring in the new Länder, - support to local governments for preparing development concepts to implement the program - evaluation of the program - implementing a similar program in the old Länder - implementing urban research programs, especially on BIDs and HIDs, energy saving in urban development and urban adaptation to climate change
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2007, January – June |
advisor to the Hungarian Ministry of Local Affairs and Regional Development - advising the Ministry concerning the “Leipzig Charter” and the “Baukultur” conference of the German EU presidency - advising the Ministry in questions of planning and building legislation
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2001-2006 |
vice-head of urban renewal unit, German Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Housing - preparing and implementing a 1.1 billion Euro program of the Federal Government on urban restructuring in the new Länder, - support to local governments for preparing development concepts to implement the program
- vice-head of European technical harmonisation unit, Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Housing, Bonn / Berlin
- implementation of the Construction Products Directive (89/106/EEC) and related Community law into German legislation and standardisation policy - participation in SCC meetings as expert, since 1999 as member of the German delegation - co-operation with Central and Eastern European States (e.g. Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia) within the field of technical harmonisation (PHARE, TAIEX)
- head of building control division, City of Fulda, Germany
- implementation of development and building control in the whole local government area
- head of planning unit of the development and building control division of the Construction Authority, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany
- checking all town and country planning activities under the aspect of, in terms of urbanism, high-quality, but un-bureaucratic and fast implementation of developments
- scientific assistant to the parliamentary opposition party (CDU) for transport and construction issues, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
- giving professional advice to the member of shadow cabinet and to other MP’s
- preparatory training for the civil service (Baureferendariat), Construction Authority, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany
- town planner in Hamburg, Germany
- professional training, Construction Authority, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany
- Architectural Heritage Protection Office, Budapest, Hungary
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1976-77 |
Scientific Research Institute for Town Planning, Budapest, Hungary |
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Other activities
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Planning, research, publications, lectures (cf. separate list in German) |
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Advising the Ministries responsible for plannig and consruction issues in Ethiopia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Slovenia, and Ukraine (cf. separate list in German) |
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Honorary Professor, Budapest Institute of Technology |
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Membership in professional bodies
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Corresponding Member of the German Academy for Urban and Regional Spatial Planning (Deutsche Akademie für Städtebau und Landesplanung, DASL) |
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Member of the Chamber of Architects (Architektenkammer), Berlin |
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Member of the Fritz-Schumacher-Gesellschaft e.V., Hamburg, and the Heinrich-Tessenow-Gesellschaft e.V., Hamburg (both societies are active in the field of Baukultur) |
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Honorary Member of the Hungarian Society for Construction Sciences (Építéstudományi Egyesület, ÉTE), Budapest |
Award
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Hild János Award of the Hungarian Society for Urban Planning (Magyar Urbanisztikai Társaság, MUT), 2013 |
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