Román Meyer Falcón

Román Guillermo Meyer Falcón is a Mexican politician and member of the National Regeneration Movement. He was appointed to the Cabinet of Mexico as Secretary of Agrarian, Land, and Urban Development (SEDATU) by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) in December 2018.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Meyer and the second or maternal family name is Falcón.
Román Meyer Falcón[1]
Secretary of Agrarian, Land, and Urban Development (SEDATU)
Assumed office
2018[2]
PresidentAndrés Manuel López Obrador
Personal details
Born (1983-08-11) August 11, 1983[3]
Political partyNational Regeneration Movement
ParentsLorenzo Meyer
Romana Falcón[3]
EducationMonterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education
Polytechnic University of Catalonia[1]

Education

Román Meyer Falcón received his bachelor's degree in architecture from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, and a Master's Degree in Urban Management from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia in Barcelona, Spain. He has taught at the Universidad Iberoamericana.[1]

Profeessional career

Co-founder of the firm Central Urbana, Meyer Falcón's projects focused on rescuing public spaces and working-class neighborhoods, public health, mobility, and public policies.[3]

Meyer Falcón has worked at the Ministry of Health of Mexico City, where he carried out projects focused on improving the operation of the ministry and reducing costs.[3]

As Secretary of Agrarian, Land, and Urban Development, Meyer Falcón has pushed for a new housing model that takes into account new social dynamics with a focus on human rights.[4]

Family and personal life

Meyer Falcón's father is the historian Lorenzo Meyer, who is considered one of AMLO's principal ideologues.[1] His mother is sociologist Romana Falcón.[3]

References
  1. "Perfil: Román Guillermo Meyer Falcón". Excélsior (in Spanish). 27 November 2018. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  2. "AMLO inicia su precampaña a la Presidencia en la CDMX". El Sol de México. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  3. "Conoce a los 2 millennials que están en el gabinete de AMLO". Nación321 (in Spanish). December 7, 2018. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  4. "Impulsará SEDATU nuevo modelo de vivienda: Román Meyer". MVS Noticias (in Spanish). 16 March 2019. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
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