Roberto Roy

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Roberto Roy is a Panamanian civil and mechanical engineer and politician, who served as the Minister of Canal Affairs of Panama from 2012 and as Director General of Panama Metro from January 2015. [1]

Roy graduated in mechanical engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, gaining a master's degree in industrial administration at the same Institute. He also graduated in civil engineering at Universidad Católica Santa María La Antigua [1] Roy launched his own construction company, R-M Ingeneria, in 1975. [2]

In September 2012, Roy was named a knight of the French Legion of Honour in a ceremony presided over by French Ambassador Hugues Goisbault. [3] In May 2016, Roy was granted the Order of Civil Merit by the government of Spain. [1]

In his role as Minister, Roy oversaw the expansion of the Panama Canal in June 2016. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Roberto Roy es condecorado en España con Cruz del Mérito Civil" [Roberto Roy is granted the Order of Civil Merit in Spain]. La Estrella de Panamá (in Spanish). Panama. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Roberto Roy". www.executive-outlook.com. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "Condecoran a Roy" [Roy is decorated]. La Estrella de Panamá (in Spanish). Panama. 28 September 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  4. ↑ Esquivel Olmos, Anaximena (26 June 2016). "Panama opens expanded Canal". La Prensa . Panama. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
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