Roberto Roy is a

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civil and mechanical engineer and politician, who served as the Minister of Canal Affairs of

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from 2012-____(?) and as Director General of

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from January 2015-____ (?). Roy graduated in mechanical engineering at the

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, 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 Santa María La Antigua Catholic University ( es, Universidad Católica Santa María La Antigua, USMA) is a private university in Panama City, Panama. It was established in 1965 as the first private university in Panama. As of 2021, it had 5,879 st ...

Roy launched his own construction company, R-M Ingeneria, in 1975. In September 2012, Roy was named a knight of the French

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in a ceremony presided over by French Ambassador Hugues Goisbault. In May 2016, Roy was granted the

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by the government of Spain. In his role as Minister, Roy oversaw the

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of the

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in June 2016.

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