Mohammed bin Sulayem
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| Personal information | |
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| Nationality |
 UAE
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| Born |
November 12, 1961 Dubai, UAE |
| World Rally Championship record | |
| Active years | 1988–1995 |
| Teams | Ford, Toyota |
| Rallies | 18 |
| Rally wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Stage wins | 0 |
| Total points | 12 |
| First rally | 1988 Acropolis Rally |
| Last rally | 1995 Rally New Zealand |
Mohammed Ahmed bin Sulayem or Mohammed ben Sulayem (born 1961) is one of the Arab world’s leading motor sport figures and an influential official within the sport’s world governing body, the FIA. A successful organiser and record-breaking former international rally driver, he is a role model to young people across the Middle East.
In a rallying career spanning three decades, he became one of the most successful Arab drivers in motor sport history, earning 14 FIA Middle East Rally Championship titles and establishing himself as a sporting ambassador for the region.
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. In his FIA role he has pioneered teaching, research and knowledge transfer initiatives in motor sport.
As President of the Automobile and Touring Club of the UAE since 2006, he has built the organisation into one of the world’s leading national motor sport and motoring authorities, with acknowledged expertise in associated training, research and education.
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.
Born in Dubai, he is one of the most celebrated sporting figures to emerge from the United Arab Emirates. He is recognised for presenting a modern and progressive image of the Arab world to a global audience, and by promoting good causes, public service and education.
Sulayem studied at the American University in Washington D.C., and at the University of Ulster in the UK where he majored in business.
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.
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