Uri Rosenthal

Uri Rosenthal
Rosenthal in 2011
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
14 October 2010 – 5 November 2012
Prime MinisterMark Rutte
Preceded byMaxime Verhagen
Succeeded byFrans Timmermans
Parliamentary leader in the Senate
In office
5 May 2005 – 14 October 2010
Preceded byNicoline van den Broek
Succeeded byFred de Graaf
Parliamentary groupPeople's Party for
Freedom and Democracy
Member of the Senate
In office
8 June 1999 – 14 October 2010
Parliamentary groupPeople's Party for
Freedom and Democracy
Personal details
Born
Uriël Rosenthal

(1945-07-19) 19 July 1945 (age 79)
Montreux, Switzerland
NationalityDutch
Political partyPeople's Party for
Freedom and Democracy

(from 1984)
Spouse
Dinah Epstein
(m. 1973)
Children2 daughters
Residence(s)Rotterdam, Netherlands
Alma materUniversity of Amsterdam
(Bachelor of Social Science, Master of Social Science)
Erasmus University Rotterdam
(Doctor of Philosophy)
OccupationPolitician · Civil servant · Political scientist · Historian · Academic administrator · Researcher · Management consultant · Nonprofit director · Author · Columnist · Professor

Uriël "Uri" Rosenthal (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈuːri ˈroːzə(n)taːl]; born 19 July 1945) is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and political scientist.

Rosenthal a political scientist by occupation, was elected as a Member of the Senate on 8 June 1999 after the Senate election of 1999. On 5 May 2005 he was selected as the parliamentary leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy in the Senate. Following the election of 2010 Rosenthal was asked to become Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet Rutte–Verhagen Rosenthal accepted and resigned as parliamentary leader in the Senate and a Member of the Senate the same day he took office as the new Minister of Foreign Affairs on 14 October 2010 serving until 5 November 2012.

A professor of political science and public administration by occupation, he taught from 1980 until 2010 at the Erasmus University Rotterdam and Leiden University.


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