Overview
The International Road Federation Man of the Year Award is one the most prestigious individual honors in the global road industry. The Award, which was established in 1951 and is open to both IRF members and non-members, recognizes eminent public, private and educational sector professionals who have demonstrated passion, leadership and commitment to the sector.
2021 IRF Man of the Year
Eng. Khalid Al-Hogail
President of UITP
Eng. Khalid Al-Hogail, the President of the International Association Public Transport (UITP) and CEO of the Saudi Public Transport Company (SAPTCO), has been nominated to receive the International Road Federation's highest individual recognition.
Eng. Khalid Al-Hogail is being recognized for his remarkable contribution in fulfilling a vision of seamless transport for all. As CEO of SAPTCO, he has demonstrated superior leadership skills in attracting global partnerships and forming international alliances, fully readying the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the challenges of 21st Century mobility. Al-Hogail’s efforts were recently recognized by his peers who elected him President of the UITP, only the second non-European in the Association’s 135-year old history. Read the full press release here
Previous Recipients
2020 - Cora van Nieuwenhuizen | The Netherlands
2019 - T. Peter Ruane | USA
2018 -Kirk Steudle | USA
2017 - Dr. Kyung-Soo Yoo | KOREA
2016 - Y.B. Dato' Sri Haji Fadillah Haji Yusof | MALAYSIA
2015 - Umberto de Pretto | ITALY
2014 - Hermanto Dardak | INDONESIA
2013 - Inger Andersen | DENMARK
2011 - Dr. Essam Abdel-Aziz Sharaf | EGYPT
2008 - Alain Dupont | FRANCE
2007 - H.E. Abdullah A. AL-Mogbel | SAUDI ARABIA
2006 - Chunxian Zhang | CHINA
2005 - Christina Malmberg Calvo | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
2004 - Loyola De Palacio | SPAIN
2003 - Gunther Zietlow | GERMANY
2002 - Robin Dunlop | NEW ZEALAND
2001 - lan Heggie | UNITED KINGDOM
2000 - Rustam R Yunusov | UZBEKISTAN
1999 - Bud Shuster | USA
1998 - Migel Munoz-Medina | SPAIN
1997 - Dean Carlson | USA
1996 - Arthur Y Chen | CHINESE TAIPEI
1995 - Jan Strasky | CZECH REPUBLIC
1994 - Gordon Y S Wu | HONG KONG, CHINA S.A.R.
1993 - Neelie Kroes | NETHERLANDS
1992 - Atalay Cozkunoglu | TURKEY
1991 - Dr Sadamu Mino | JAPAN
1990 - Mohamed Kabbaj | MOROCCO
1989 - H.E. Dr Nasser M Al Salloum | SAUDI ARABIA
1988 - Ernst E Knoll | GERMANY
1987 - Dato S Samy Vellu | MALAYSIA
1986 - Yves Leportz | FRANCE
1985 - Thomas D Larson | USA
1984 - Antonio Soreca | ITALY
1983 - CarI-OIof Ternryd | SWEDEN
1982 - Ifeanyi Osili | NIGERIA
1981 - H.E. Sheikh Hussein Mansouri | SAUDI ARABIA
1980 - Bernardo Quintana Arrioja | MEXICO
1979 - Gaiichi Togashi | JAPAN
1978 - Roger Coquand | FRANCE
1977 - Nicolas E Manasseh | LEBANON
1976 - Desire Boni | IVORY COAST
1975 - CharIes W Gilchrist | CANADA
1974 - KarI Olsen | NORWAY
1973 - Suleyman Demirel | TURKEY
1972 - Eliseu Resende | BRAZIL
1971 - Cohn Buchanan | UNITED KINGDOM
1970 - Haile Giorgis Workneh | ETHIOPIA
1969 - Francis C Turner | USA
1968 - J A L Shaw | AUSTRALIA
1967 - Fernando Balaunde Terry | PERU
1966 - Rex M Whitton | USA
1965 - Hellmuth Swietelsky | AUSTRIA
1964 - Vicente Mortes | SPAIN
1963 - George Knapp | NEW ZEALAND
1962 - Eduardo Dibos | PERU
1961 - Werner Mackenroth | GERMANY
1960 - Michizo Kishi | JAPAN
1959 - Luigi Tocchetti | ITALY
1958 - Samuel T Tolon | CUBA
1957 - K G R Ahlhack | FINLAND
1956 - Louis de Carli | ARGENTINA
1955 - J Britschgi | SWITZERLAND
1954 - Thomas J Mahoney | CANADA
1953 - Charles Berry | SOUTH AFRICA
1952 - Malte Jacobsson | SWEDEN
1951 - Romulo O'Farrill Sr | MEXICO
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