Qasim Sultan Al Banna
Encyclopedia
Qasim Sultan al-Banna has been director general
of Dubai
Municipality since 1992. He was educated till 10th standard in Dubai schools and started his career as a land surveyor in Dubai municipality in 1958 until he was retired in 2006. He grew in the engineering field and then in administrative fields until he was promoted to assistant director general. He took over all the infrastructure development in Dubai such as creating shiekh zayed road and emirates road and was a key figure in the establishment in the new government outlook for revenue.
He is also a key sports figure as he is the president of al Ahli club and the head of the uae basketball
association.
www.sultangroup.ae
Director-general
The term director-general is a title given the highest executive officer within a governmental, statutory, NGO, third sector or not-for-profit institution.-European Union:...
of Dubai
Dubai
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...
Municipality since 1992. He was educated till 10th standard in Dubai schools and started his career as a land surveyor in Dubai municipality in 1958 until he was retired in 2006. He grew in the engineering field and then in administrative fields until he was promoted to assistant director general. He took over all the infrastructure development in Dubai such as creating shiekh zayed road and emirates road and was a key figure in the establishment in the new government outlook for revenue.
He is also a key sports figure as he is the president of al Ahli club and the head of the uae basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
association.
Designations
- Director General of Dubai Municipality
- Chairman, Board of Director Department of Health and Medical Services
- Member of the Executive Council of Dubai
- Chairman of Development Board
- Chairman, Board of Director of Al Ahli Club
- Member of General Secretariat of the UAE Municipalities
- Member of Federal Environment Authority
- Member of Administration Council of the Organization of Islamic Capitals and Cities
- Member of the Executive Office of the Organization of Arab Cities
- Member of the United Nations Advisory Committee of local Authorities
- Honoree member of the council of expatriate Lebanese Businessmen
- The goodwill ambassador
- Owner of many business running in Dubai,The Sultan Group Investments
www.sultangroup.ae
Awards
- Alexandria University Award for Regional Leadership (2005)
- Environment Award (2001)
- Membership in the United Nations Advisory Committee on Local Authorities – UNACLA (2000)
- Selection of Director General of Dubai Municipality as Good Will Ambassador (2000)
- American Business Council, Dubai, Award (1997)
- Habitat Scroll of Honour (1994)