Roque Sevilla
Roque Sevilla | |
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.jpg) Roque Sevilla in 2010 | |
| Metropolitan Mayor of Quito Member of the National Congress of Ecuador | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Roque Sevilla Larrea July 16, 1947 |
| Party | Christian Democratic Union |
| 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 |
Roque Sevilla Larrea (born July 16, 1947, in Quito) is an Ecuadorian economist, businessman, environmentalist and politician.[1] 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]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]In 1976, he founded the "Fundación Natura".[2]
In 1991, he was appointed Director of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in the United States.[3]
In 1997, he was appointed to the Board of the World Wide Fund for Nature International (WWF-I).[3]
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.[4]
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.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Más sobre mi perfil" (in Spanish). Roquesevilla.com. Retrieved 2026-07-30.
- ↑ "Un ecologista quiere ser concejal". Hoy (in Spanish). 1992-05-01. Archived from the original on 2017-03-29. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
- 1 2 "Roque Sevilla CEO Metropolitan Touring" (in Spanish). 2012-02-29. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
- ↑ "Roque Sevilla: 'En Quito hay la sensación de que no tenemos un liderazgo'". Diario El Comercio (in Spanish). Grupo El Comercio. 2012-05-13. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
- ↑ "La historia de Mashpi Lodge". Mashpilodge.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-03-15.
External links
[edit]- 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