Rafael Román Meléndez

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Rafael Román Meléndez

| birth_name = Rafael Román Meléndez

| birth_place = Arroyo, Puerto Rico

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| party = PPD

| office = Secretary of Education of Puerto Rico

| term_start = January 2, 2013

| term_end = January 2, 2017

| predecessor = Edward Moreno

| successor = Julia Keleher

| governor = Alejandro García Padilla

| office2 = President
Organization of School Administrators and Principals of Puerto Rico

| term_start2 = December 2012

| term_end2 = January 2013

| occupation = teacher
school principal

| alma_mater = University of Puerto Rico at Cayey (B.Ed.)
Metropolitan University (M.Ed.)

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Rafael Román Meléndez is a teacher and school principal, and was the Secretary of Education of Puerto Rico.{{cite news |url=http://www.primerahora.com/noticias/gobierno-politica/nota/rafaelromanesconfirmadocomosecretariodeeducacion-915424/ |title=Rafael Román es confirmado como secretario de Educación |language=Spanish |newspaper=Primera Hora |date=April 25, 2013 |accessdate=August 4, 2013 |first=Rebecca |last=Banuchi }}{{cite news |url=http://www.metro.pr/locales/nuevo-secretario-de-educacion-tendra-como-reto-transformar-esta-agencia/pGXllA!hCPDDWW8y2ww/ |title=Nuevo Secretario de Educación tendrá como reto transformar esta agencia |language=Spanish |date=December 27, 2012 |accessdate=August 4, 2013 |newspaper=Metro |publisher=Metro International }} Before being appointed as Secretary, Román served as President of the Organization of School Administrators and Principals of Puerto Rico. He obtained a bachelor's degree in Secondary Education and Teaching from the University of Puerto Rico at Cayey in 1999, and a Master of Education from the Metropolitan University in 2005.

Román is the youngest person to hold the post of Secretary of Education in the history of Puerto Rico.{{citation |url=http://www.de.gobierno.pr/senado-confirma-secretario-de-educacion |title=Senado confirma a Secretario de Educación |language=Spanish |publisher=Department of Education of Puerto Rico |date=April 25, 2013 |accessdate=August 4, 2013 }}