Roque Sevilla
Roque Sevilla | |
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| File:Comisión de Biodiversidad recibe a Roque Sevilla (4480215156).jpg Roque Sevilla in 2010 | |
| Metropolitan Mayor of Quito Member of the National Congress of Ecuador | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Roque Simón Sevilla Larrea July 16, 1947 |
| Party | Christian Democratic Union |
| Residence(s) | Quito, Ecuador |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador, Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government |
| Occupation | Environmentalist, hotel owner and manager |
| Profession | Economist, businessman, politician |
| Known for | Environmentalism, entrepreneurship, politics |
| Website | Roque Sevilla |
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Roque Simón Sevilla Larrea (born July 16, 1947[citation needed], in Quito) is an Ecuadorian economist, businessman, environmentalist and politician. He was the Metropolitan Mayor of Quito between 1998 and 2000. He is President of the "Grupo Futuro" that brings together various companies including tourism, insurance, and the environment.
Education
[edit | edit source]He studied at the Colegio Cardenal Spellman and then at the Colegio Alemán.[citation needed]
He studied economics at the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador, graduating as an economist in 1984.[citation needed]
He earned a Master's degree of Public Administration from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.[citation needed]
Career
[edit | edit source]In 1976, he founded the "Fundación Natura".[1]
In 1991, he was appointed Director of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in the United States.[2]
In 1997, he was appointed to the Board of the World Wide Fund for Nature International (WWF-I).[2]
He was a councilor for the Metropolitan District of Quito in 1992.
He was a member of the National Congress of Ecuador in 1998, and Metropolitan Mayor of Quito between 1998 and 2000.[3]
In 2012, he built and inaugurated the luxury eco hotel "Mashpi Lodge" deep inside the Chocó forest, a cloud forest in the Andes, 100 km northwest of Quito.[4]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Official website (in Spanish)
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- 1947 births
- Living people
- Politicians from Quito
- 20th-century Ecuadorian economists
- 21st-century Ecuadorian economists
- 20th-century Ecuadorian politicians
- 21st-century Ecuadorian politicians
- Members of the National Congress (Ecuador)
- Mayors of Quito
- Christian Democratic Union (Ecuador) politicians
- Ecuadorian businesspeople
- Hoteliers
- Ecuadorian environmentalists
- Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador alumni
- Harvard Kennedy School alumni