Mr. Sven-David Müller, President German Competence Center for Prevention and Dietetics
In recognition of his achievement in applied nutritional medicine and practical dietetics, the Progress University of Gyumri awarded Mr. Sven-David Müller, MSc., an honorary doctorate (Dr. h.c.)
Sven-David Müller, MSc. – born on September 13th, 1969 in the city of Braunschweigin Germany – is one of the most renowned nutritional medical scientists in Europe. He is the author of more than 200 books (14 languages – including Russian and Polish) and textbooks on nutritional medicine, dietetics, nutriton and diabetes mellitus.
Sven-David Müller is the Head of the Press and Communication Department of the Leibniz-Institute DSMZ – German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures (Science Campus BraunschweigSüd, City of Braunschweig/Germany). The publication directory/list of Sven-David Müller includes more than 230 publications in national and international journals.
Sven-David Müller holds the German Federal Cross of Merit and the First Class Cross of Honor for Art and Science of the Albert Schweitzer Society. He was founder, member of the executive board and source of ideas for a number of charitable societies in Germany (Non Profit Organisations: Association for the promotion of healthy nutrition and dietetics, Bonner FördervereinfürDiätetik etc.). Since its founding in 2005, he is President of the German Competence Center for Prevention and Dietetics.
Mr. Patrick Held
The Progress University in Gyumri / Armenia honors today the law advisor and company consultant, Mr. Patrick Held, who was born on 08.04.1986 in Frankfurt am Main / Germany. After his school career, professional training and studies in Germany, he worked in various leading positions.
After founding his first own company in the field of consumer protection , he took the risk in 2019 with a partner to found another company focused on business consulting and education.
Held was besides the theoretical scientific occupation with historical, political and economic as well as primarily legal topics and with current socially relevant issues always also the practical classification and implementation a concern. The focus of his work was and still is in the area of questions concerning ethics and morality of economically oriented actions and in the resolution of the alleged contradiction for the benefit of mankind.
The association “zur Verbraucheraufklärung e.V.”, which he co-founded, is directed towards the promotion of education and the realization of claims for consumers worldwide. In doing so, this association is to promote lifelong learning and contribute to the in-service qualification of trainees, employees and entrepreneurs, to introduce young people from educationally disadvantaged backgrounds to education and to convey the value of education, to improve the educational and training opportunities of young people internationally, to create a general awareness that the advancement of a society depends on education and the ability to acquire knowledge, to create a new solidarity between the educated elite and the less educated classes in order to make the vision of a knowledge-based economic area Europe a reality for the benefit of society as a whole. In this context, he was able to help thousands of clients around the world, from South Korea to Canada and Armenia, to achieve education and prosperity. Primarily in the eastern countries of Europe, such as Romania and Poland, but also beyond these eastern borders, he was able to publicize his philosophy.
Also journalistically he pilloried grievances and helped clients and association members to knowledge and education. We are pleased to honor Mr. Held for his commitment to science and education, but also his commitment to and concern for young people and award him an honorary doctorate ( Doctor honoris causa ) of our university.
Markus Ruf, lic. iur. (MLaw), attorney, the honorary doctorate (Dr. iur. H.C.).
In recognition of his political and professional achievements, the Progress University of Gyumri awarded Markus Ruf, lic. iur. (MLaw), attorney, the honorary doctorate (Dr. iur. H.C.).
The university paid tribute to Markus Rufs many years of political, state and labor law efforts (in the Swiss Parliament and as the main initiator of a popular initiative) so that August 1st became a national and paid federal holiday in the Swiss Confederation, as well as his general work as a lawyer and politician.
Markus Ruf – born on August 6, 1959 in Langenthal (Switzerland) – completed his law studies at the University of Bern (Switzerland) in 1994 with a licentiate (lic. Iur.) Magna cum laude, and in 1997 he was admitted to the bar. He then worked as a practicing lawyer with his own law firm in Bern until the end of 2020. As part of his work, he held numerous mandates as a criminal defense lawyer in military court proceedings. During his service in the Swiss Army, he was a communications officer for the fortress troops and then a clerk and examining magistrate in the military justice system (most recently with the rank of captain).
As a member of the National Council (large chamber of the Swiss Parliament) for sixteen years and in the Grand Council (Parliament) of the Canton of Bern for over eight years, Markus Ruf worked on several commissions, submitted numerous proposals on a wide range of topics and was a very active plenary speaker.