Omar Fayad

Omar Fayad Meneses (born 26 August 1962) 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. He obtained his law degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in 1985.

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. 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. 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".

On 2 February 2016, Fayad left the Senate in order to seek the PRI nomination for Governor of Hidalgo. He won the gubernatorial election later that year and was sworn-in as governor on 5 September 2016.

Personal life He married actress Victoria Ruffo in 2000. The couple have two children. 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.

In February 2016, Fayad was hospitalized after suffering an anaphylactic shock triggered by Rocephin.

In March 2020 he was confirmed to be infected with COVID-19.