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Mohammed Ahmed bin Sulayem oder Mohammed ben Sulayem (* 12. November 1961) ist ein ehemaliger Rallyefahrer und Präsident der FIA.

Ausbildung

Sulayem studierte an der American University in Washington D.C. und schloß dieses mit einem Bachelor in Business ab.

Im Jahr 2012 erhielt er einen Ehrendoktor der University of Ulster für seine „seiner Verdienste um den Sport, die gesellschaftliche Führung und die Wohltätigkeit“.

Karriere

Rennfahrer

After entering rallying in Dubai in the early 1980s, Sulayem quickly progressed from local events into the FIA Middle East Rally Championship, which was established in 1984, and two years later he won the first of his 14 regional titles.

From that point on he dominated the Middle East Championship up to his retirement from competitive rallying in 2002, clinching the title in each of the 13 other seasons in which he contested the regional series.

With 61 international victories in the Middle East overall, he has won more FIA rallies, and more FIA championships, than any other driver.

His 1991 victory in Turkey’s Bosphorus Rally was the first by an Arab driver in an international Rally outside the Middle East.

In 2008, he became the first Arab named as Vice President of the FIA, and the first to be elected to the FIA World Motor Sport Council.

As President of the Automobile and Touring Club of the UAE since 2006.

In June 2013 he was appointed as chairman of the new Motor Sport Development Task Force set up by the FIA to build a ten-year plan for the sport's global development.

Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA)

In 2021, Sulayem was appointed the president of the FIA.

In 2008, Sulayem was appointed Vice President of the FIA and a member of the World Motor Sport Council.

Sulayem is a founding member of the Arab Council of Touring and Automobile Clubs, which aims to unite the FIA Clubs of Arabic-speaking territories.

Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge

In 1991, Sulayem founded the UAE Desert Challenge.

The event entered a new era in March 2009 when it was renamed the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge, and is staged in its entirety in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, taking competitors on a testing adventure through the spectacular desert terrain of the Western Region of Al Garbia.

Rallying achievements

Sulayem was FIA Middle East rally champion 14 times in the years 1986-1991, 1994, and 1996-2002.

His record of individual rally victories is as follows:

FIA Middle East Rally Championship

• Dubai International Rally (15): 1985-88, 1991–95, 1997-2002
• Jordan International Rally (12): 1984, 1987–88, 1990, 1994, 1996-2002
• Qatar International Rally (9): 1988, 1990–91, 1996–98, 2000, 2001, 2002
• Oman International Rally (6): 1986-87, 1990–91, 1994, 1998
• UAE International Rally (5): 1996-99, 2001
• Rally of Lebanon (4): 1987, 1991, 1998–99
• Kuwait International Rally (4): 1985, 1988–89, 1996
• Bahrain International Rally (3): 2000, 2001, 2002
• Syrian International Rally (2): 2001, 2002

Other international rally wins

• Masafi 4WD Rally - UAE 1985
• Jebel Akhbar International Rally – Oman 1986
• Bosphorus Rally – Turkey 1991
• WRC Catalunya Rally – Group N 1992
• WRC Argentine Rally – Group N 1993
• Saudi Rally – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 2000

Other awards

• 1986 Medal of Honour from King Hussein of Jordan
• 1987 President's Cup from President Amine Gemayel of Lebanon
• 1999 Medal of Honour from King Abdullah of Jordan

Medal of Honour from Lebanese President Emile Lahoud UAE Sportsman of the Century from Agence France-Press (AFP)

• 2004 Medal of Honour from King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa of Bahrain

External links

• Mohammed Ben Sulayem
• Ben Sulayem Performance
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• Jalopnik More on the SLR-Powered Mercedes SLK: Out of the Mouths of Mechanics
• Automobile & Touring Club of the UAE

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