The president of the German-Afghan Society is at the same time her first connection in the country in the Hindukush. In 1989 Elias Omar came to Germany – 14 years old, without family. She followed only a year later. The mother is a certificate physicist and mathematician, his father is a doctor and worked as an Assistant Secretary in the health ministry. In Germany Omar finished his education, came along independently in the IT and construction area and studied politics and political economy. In Afghanistan the DAGeV president is the interlocutor on site for the government, the German embassy, for public institutions and for the decision-makers of the private sector.