Uri Rosenthal

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Uri Rosenthal

Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office October 14, 2010 – November 5, 2012
Prime Minister	Mark Rutte
Preceded by	Maxime Verhagen
Succeeded by	Frans Timmermans
Parliamentary leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy in the Senate
In office May 5, 2005 – October 14, 2010
Preceded by	Nicoline van den Broek-Laman Trip
Succeeded by	Fred de Graaf
Member of the Senate
In office June 8, 1999 – October 14, 2010
Personal details
Born	Uriël Rosenthal (1945-07-19) July 19, 1945 Montreux, Switzerland
Nationality	Dutch
Political party	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
Residence	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Alma mater	University of Amsterdam (M.A.) Erasmus University Rotterdam (PhD)
Occupation	Politician Political scientist Professor Author
Religion	Non-religious (Atheism)

Uriël "Uri" Rosenthal (born July 19, 1945) is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet Rutte I from October 14, 2010 until November 5, 2012. He previously served as a Member of the Senate from June 8, 1999 until October 14, 2010 and the Parliamentary leader in the Senate from May 5, 2005 until October 14, 2010. A professor of political science and public administration by occupation, he taught from 1980 until 2010 at the Erasmus University Rotterdam and the Leiden University.

Biography

Early life

Uriël Rosenthal was born on July 19, 1945 in Montreux, Switzerland to Jewish parents who during World War II fled the Netherlands from the German occupation of the Netherlands. After attending school in The Hague he went to study political science at the University of Amsterdam where he obtained his M.A. in 1970. In 1978 he received his PhD in social sciences at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. In 1980 he became a professor of political science and public administration at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. And from 1987 until 2011 a professor of public administration at the Leiden University.

Politics

He was elected Member of the Senate as a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy and took office on June 8, 1999. He became the Parliamentary leader in the Senate on May 5, 2005. On 12 June 2010, Queen Beatrix nominated Rosenthal as first informateur in the 2010 Dutch cabinet formation.^[1] On June 26 the Queen replaced Rosenthal with Herman Tjeenk Willink, the Vice President of the Council of State as the new informateur.^[2] On July 5 he became informateur a second time together with Jacques Wallage of the Labour Party.^[3] But on July 21 the Queen again replaced him and Wallage with Minister of State and former Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers.

On September 28, the negotiations were finished. A coalition agreement was reached between People's Party for Freedom and Democracy and Christian Democratic Appeal to form a minority coalition, supported by the Party for Freedom to obtain a majority. Formateur Mark Rutte asked Rosenthal as the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the new cabinet. Because a member of the States-General of the Netherlands can not serve in the cabinet he resigned as a Member of the Senate and Parliamentary leader on October 14, 2010, the same day he took office as the new Minister of Foreign Affairs.^[4]

As of March 1st 2013, Rosenthal is chairman of the Policy Advisory Council on Science and Technology (AWT).

Family

He has been married since January 4, 1973. He lives in Rotterdam with his wife, Dinah, and their two children. Dinah Rosenthal is an Israeli native, originally from Haifa. Two of Rosenthal's sisters live in Israel.^[5]^[6]

Decorations

Order of Orange-Nassau
- Officer (April 29, 1985)

References

(Dutch) Parlement.com biography

↑ (Dutch) VVD'er Uri Rosenthal informateur, NRC, June 12, 2010
↑ (English) Queen appoints new coalition negotiator, Radio Netherlands Worldwide, June 26, 2010
↑ (English) Dutch coalition talks continue behind closed doors, Radio Netherlands Worldwide, July 6, 2010
↑ (Dutch) Uri Rosenthal is beoogd minister Buitenlandse Zaken, NRC, October 8, 2010
↑ (Dutch) D66 en PvdA eisen uitleg over Nederlandse blokkade EU-standpunt Israël, NRC, September 29, 2011
↑ Uri Rosenthal: from crisis professor to Foreign Minister

External links

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(Dutch) Senate biography

Party political offices
Preceded by Nicoline van den Broek	Parliamentary leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy in the Senate 2005–2010	Succeeded by Fred de Graaf
Government offices
Preceded by Maxime Verhagen	Minister of Foreign Affairs 2010–2012	Succeeded by Frans Timmermans

v t e First Rutte cabinet (2010–2012)

^{Preceded by: Demissionary Fourth Balkenende cabinet · Succeeded by: Second Rutte cabinet}

Prime Minister	Mark Rutte (General Affairs)

Deputy Prime Minister	Maxime Verhagen (Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation)

Ministers	Piet Hein Donner (Interior and Kingdom Relations) (2010–2011) Liesbeth Spies (Interior and Kingdom Relations) (2011–2012) Uri Rosenthal (Foreign Affairs) Jan Kees de Jager (Finance) Ivo Opstelten (Security and Justice) Hans Hillen (Defence) Edith Schippers (Health, Welfare and Sport) Marja van Bijsterveldt (Education, Culture and Science) Melanie Schultz van Haegen (Infrastructure and the Environment) Henk Kamp (Social Affairs and Employment)

Minister without portfolio	Gerd Leers (Immigration, Integration and Asylum Affairs)

State Secretaries	Ben Knapen (Foreign Affairs) Frans Weekers (Finance) Fred Teeven (Security and Justice) Henk Bleker (Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation) Marlies Veldhuijzen van Zanten-Hyllner (Health, Welfare and Sport) Halbe Zijlstra (Education, Culture and Science) Joop Atsma (Infrastructure and the Environment) Paul de Krom (Social Affairs and Employment)

v t e Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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Persondata
Name	Rosenthal, Uri
Alternative names	Rosenthal, Uriël
Short description	Dutch politician and political scientist
Date of birth	July 19, 1945
Place of birth	Montreux, Switzerland
Date of death
Place of death

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