10 Facts About Hartmut Mehdorn

1.

Hartmut Mehdorn was born on 31 July 1942 in Warsaw and is a German manager and mechanical engineer.

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2.

Hartmut Mehdorn served as CEO of Germany's second largest airline Air Berlin until he stepped down in January 2013.

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3.

From 1966 to 1978, Hartmut Mehdorn worked for what later became known as the "Vereinigte Flugtechnische Werke-Fokker GmbH", his last position being that of production head at the "Nordwerke" of MBB .

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4.

Between 1984 and 1989, Hartmut Mehdorn was head of the 'MBB Transport- und Verkehrsflugzeuge' group in Hamburg and from 1985 was a member of the MBB management team in Munich.

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5.

From 1989 to 1992, Hartmut Mehdorn had a joint function as chairman of Deutsche Airbus GmbH in Hamburg and, from 1992 to 1995, he was a member of the board of Deutsche Aerospace AG in Munich where he was responsible for the aviation corporate division.

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6.

Hartmut Mehdorn is married to Frenchwoman Helene Hartmut Mehdorn and has three grown-up children, two sons and a daughter.

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7.

Hartmut Mehdorn said in an interview that he speaks English with his wife because they did not know each other's languages when they met and fell in love during Mehdorn's assignment in Toulouse.

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8.

Hartmut Mehdorn's wife speaks French with the children and he speaks German with them.

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9.

Hartmut Mehdorn received the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1982 for his work with Airbus.

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10.

Hartmut Mehdorn became a Commander of the French Legion of Honour in 2004.

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