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

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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

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. 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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