1. Driss Benhima was appointed in 1990 CEO of Casablanca-based Societe Marocaine d'Oxygene et d'Acetylene, Moroccan subsidiary of Air Liquide group, world leader in industrial gases.
14 Facts About Driss Benhima
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Driss Benhima has notably tackled the issue of insufficient access to electricity in rural communities.
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Driss Benhima was then Minister of Transport, Energy, Tourism, Mining and Merchant Navy.
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From July 2001 to 26 March 2003, Mr Driss Benhima assumed the office of Governor of the Wilaya of Great Casablanca.
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Driss Benhima was appointed Director of the Agency for the Promotion and the Economic and Social Development of the Northern Prefectures and Provinces of the Moroccan Kingdom in March 2004.
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Driss Benhima was appointed to the position of Royal Air Maroc's CEO by King Mohammed VI on 15 February 2006.
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In 2016 and after a decision of King Mohammed VI in the Council of Ministers, Driss Benhima was replaced by Hmido Adou, who served as president of the Moroccan National Office of Tourism until 2013.
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Driss Benhima then joined Lycee Sainte-Genevieve in Versailles where he successfully prepared for engineering schools entry exams.
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Driss Benhima graduated with engineering degrees from the Ecole Polytechnique in 1978 with last year's specialisation at the Ecole des Mines de Paris.
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Driss Benhima was honoured with the Moroccan Order of the Throne.
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Driss Benhima has represented Morocco during the 1994 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade meetings in Marrakech.
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Mr Driss Benhima has launched a cinema club during his time in Khouribga and wrote film interpretation essays.
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Driss Benhima is currently a member of the board of directors of the Marrakech International Film Festival Foundation.
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Driss Benhima is the president of Hawd Asfi, Safi-based non-profit organization.