{{short description|Former governor of Hidalgo, Mexico}} {{family name hatnote|Fayad|Meneses|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Omar Fayad | office = Governor of Hidalgo | image = Omar Fayad.jpg | party = Institutional Revolutionary Party | predecessor1 = Francisco Olvera Ruiz | successor1 = Julio Menchaca | term_start1 = 5 September 2016 | term_end1 = 4 September 2022 | office2 = Member of the Chamber of Deputies <br/> for Hidalgo's 1st district | term_start2 = 1 September 2009 | term_end2 = 31 August 2012 | predecessor2 = Joel Guerrero Juárez | successor2 = Darío Badillo Ramírez | birth_name = Omar Fayad Meneses | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|8|26|df=y}} | birth_place = Zempoala, Hidalgo, Mexico | spouse = {{marriage|Victoria Ruffo|2001-2023}} | children = 2 | occupation = Lawyer | education = National Autonomous University of Mexico (LLB) }} '''Omar Fayad Meneses''' (born 26 August 1962)<ref name="sil">{{Cite web|url = http://sil.gobernacion.gob.mx/Librerias/pp_PerfilLegislador.php?SID=&Referencia=9219038|title = Sen. Omar Fayad Meneses|publisher = Secretaría de Gobernación|access-date = 2016-06-09}}</ref> is a Mexican politician from the state of Hidalgo who has served as a federal deputy and senator. He served as the Governor of Hidalgo from 2016 to 2022. He is a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party.
==Political career== Fayad was born on 26 August 1962 in Zempoala, Hidalgo, to a Lebanese father and a Mexican mother.<ref name="sil"/><ref>{{cite news|language=es|work=Ultra|date=2016-02-03|access-date=2016-06-09|url=http://www.ultra.com.mx/noticias/hidalgo/Nacional/8495-nueve-cosas-que-no-sabias-de-omar-fayad.html|first=René|last=López|title=Nueve cosas que no sabías de Omar Fayad}}</ref> He obtained his law degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in 1985.<ref name="sil"/> After his graduation, he worked in Attorney General of Mexico's office for several years. In 1989, he moved to the National Institute of Penal Sciences (INACIPE) and later served at various education posts in the state of Hidalgo. He served as Hidalgo's secretary of public education and attorney general during 1996–98.<ref name="sil"/> He then served in several public safety and security capacities, including as a police commissioner or customs administrator.<ref name="sil"/> He also made regular appearances on radio programs as a political analyst.<ref name="sil"/>
In 2000, Fayad was elected to the LVIII Legislature as a federal deputy for Hidalgo's seventh district, serving as secretary of Special Commission on Public Safety and sitting on the Communications, Government and Public Safety Committees.<ref name="sil"/> He resigned in April 2003.<ref>[http://www.diputados.gob.mx/servicios/datorele/2PO3/abril_3/4.htm Highlights of the Session, April 3, 2003]</ref>
After his brief spell in Congress, Fayad returned to the Hidalgo state government, serving as Secretary of Agriculture (2003–05) and Secretary of Social Development (2005–06). In 2006, he ran for and won the municipal presidency of Pachuca. During his mayoral spell, he presided over Mexico's association of mayors.<ref name="sil"/>
In 2009, Fayad returned to Congress, representing Hidalgo's first district; during that term, he served as parliamentary secretary of the Commission of Strengthening Federalism.<ref>{{cite web |title=Perfil: Dip. Omar Fayad Meneses, LXI Legislatura |url=http://sil.gobernacion.gob.mx/Librerias/pp_PerfilLegislador.php?SID=&Referencia=6912011 |publisher=SEGOB |website=Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) |accessdate=26 June 2024}}</ref> Three years later, he ran and won a campaign for Senate, where he would serve in the LXII and LXIII Legislatures. He served on an array of commissions, including Public Safety, which he presided.<ref name="sil"/>
In 2010, Fayad was selected as the leader of the Institutional Revolutionary Party in Hidalgo.<ref name="sil"/><ref name="leaderHidalgo">{{cite news|language=es|url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/673886.html| title=Omar Fayad, nuevo líder del PRI en Hidalgo| last=Mota|first=Dinorath|newspaper=El Universal| publisher=El Universal Compañía Periodística Nacional| date=19 April 2010| access-date=2011-03-31}}</ref> Fayad was strongly criticized in October 2015 when he attempted to introduce a new law against cybercrime that also criminalized the freedom of expression. One organization billed it "the worst Internet-related bill in history".<ref>[http://hipertextual.com/2015/11/la-ley-fayad-sera-retirada El próximo 4 de noviembre será "retirada" ante el Senado, así lo reiteró Omar Fayad en entrevista.] Ivonne Lara. November 3, 2015 (in Spanish)</ref>
On 2 February 2016, Fayad left the Senate in order to seek the PRI nomination for Governor of Hidalgo.<ref>{{cite news|language=es|work=24 Horas|url=http://www.24-horas.mx/omar-fayad-y-martin-orozco-piden-licencia-en-senado-van-por-gubernaturas/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160801211729/http://www.24-horas.mx/omar-fayad-y-martin-orozco-piden-licencia-en-senado-van-por-gubernaturas/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-08-01|first=Katrina|last=Aguilar|date=2016-02-04|access-date=2016-02-09|title=Omar Fayad y Martín Orozco piden licencia en Senado; van por gubernaturas}}</ref> He won the gubernatorial election later that year and was sworn-in as governor on 5 September 2016.<ref>[http://elpais.com/especiales/2016/elecciones-mexico/resultados/?rel=mas El País – Mexico election results], accessed 9 June 2016</ref>
==Personal life== He married actress Victoria Ruffo in 2000. The couple have two children.<ref>{{cite news|language=es|url=http://www.peopleenespanol.com/article/victoria-ruffo-cumple-15-anos-de-matrimonio-con-omar-fayad-foto|work=People en Español|date=2016-03-10|access-date=2016-06-08|first=Moisés|last=González|title=Victoria Ruffo cumplió 15 años de matrimonio con Omar Fayad (FOTO)}}</ref> During Fayad's term as municipal president of Pachuca, he designated Ruffo as the local director of the National System of Integrity and Familial Development.<ref>[http://www.redpolitica.mx/yopolitico/perfil/omar/fayad-meneses Red Política biography of Omar Fayad]</ref><ref>{{cite news|language=es|date=2006-02-19<!--not 01-19-->|work=Crónica|access-date=2016-06-09|url=http://www.cronica.com.mx/notas/2006/221641.html|first=Mayra|last=Aguilar Serrano|title=Victoria Ruffo es ya primera dama de Pachuca}}</ref>
In February 2016, Fayad was hospitalized after suffering an anaphylactic shock triggered by Rocephin.<ref>{{cite news|language=es|author=La Jornada|work=Zócalo|date=2016-02-19|url=http://www.zocalo.com.mx/seccion/articulo/hospitalizan-a-omar-fayad-por-abuso-de-medicamentos-1455929822|title=Hospitalizan a Omar Fayad por abuso de medicamentos|access-date=2016-06-09}}</ref>
In March 2020 he was confirmed to be infected with COVID-19.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/politica/2020/03/28/omar-fayad-da-positivo-de-covid-19-8378.html|title=Omar Fayad da positivo de Covid-19|language=es|date=28 March 2020|website=Jornada}}</ref>
==See also== * List of presidents of Pachuca Municipality
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
{{LXII Legislature Mexican Senators}}
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