Mohi-Din Binhendi (

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: محيي الدين بن هندي) is an Emirati businessman and president of Binhendi Enterprises.

Career

Binhendi is a former director general of the Department of Civil Aviation of

Dubai Dubai (Help:IPA/English, /duːˈbaɪ/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''doo-BYE''; Modern Standard Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic: ; Emirati Arabic, Emirati Arabic: , Romanization of Arabic, romanized: Help:IPA/English, /diˈbej/) is the Lis ...

and former

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appointed in June 1979 by special decree issued by the then ruler of Dubai Sheikh

Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum (; 11 June 1912 – 7 October 1990) was an Emirati royal, politician and a founder of the United Arab Emirates. Al Maktoum was the first vice president and second prime minister of the United Arab Emirates, a ...

, having previously served as director of airport customs. He was a member of the board of governors at Dubai Aviation College, was a member of the board of directors at Emirates Golf Club, and was chairman of the aviation advisory committee at

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. He currently serves as president of BinHendi Enterprises. Under Binhendi the company became one of the first UAE-based groups to franchise its own local brands.

Awards

BinHendi was named '1994 Gulf Chief Executive of the Year' by the

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Business Awards for his commitment to Dubai International Airport. Binhendi was awarded the ''Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver'' for Services to the Republic of Austria by the

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in January 1995. In January 1996, Binhendi was awarded the 'Honour of the Order of Merit of the Republic' with the title 'Cavalière' by the

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of the

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for the promotion and strengthening of cultural and commercial links between

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and the UAE .

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* Living people Emirati businesspeople Emirati billionaires Businesspeople from Dubai Recipients of the Grand Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria Year of birth missing (living people) {{UnitedArabEmirates-bio-stub