In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Jorge and the second or maternal family name is Mera.
Orlando Jorge Mera
Minister of Environment and Natural Resources
In office 16 August 2020 – 6 June 2022
Preceded by
Ángel Estévez
Succeeded by
Raquel Peña de Antuña (acting)[1]
Director-General of INDOTEL [es]
In office 16 August 2000 – 16 August 2004
Preceded by
Francisco Frías Lara
Succeeded by
José Alfredo Rizek
Personal details
Born
22 November 1966 Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
Died
6 June 2022(2022-06-06) (aged 55) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Manner of death
Assassination by gunshot
Nationality
Dominican
Political party
Modern Revolutionary Party (2014–2022)
Other political affiliations
Dominican Revolutionary Party (prior 2014)
Spouse
Patricia Villegas
(m. 1991)
Children
2, including Orlando
Parents
Salvador Jorge Blanco (father)
Asela Mera (mother)
Occupation
politician, television personality
Profession
lawyer
Orlando Jorge Mera (22 November 1966 – 6 June 2022) was a Dominican Republic politician, television host and producer, environmental manager, and lawyer, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources from 16 August 2020 until his assassination on 6 June 2022. He previously served as Director-General of the Dominican Institute of Telecommunications. He was a member of the Modern Revolutionary Party.
^"Vice assumes Environment provisionally". latin-american.news. 17 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022. Through decree 321-22, of this Thursday, June 16, 2022, President Luis Abinader ordered that the Vice President of the Republic, Raquel Peña, be provisionally in charge of the Ministry of the Environment. The decree establishes that such functions will be exercised in addition to her constitutional powers in an honorary manner, and until the head of said ministry is appointed.
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