Uri Rosenthal

His Excellency Uri Rosenthal


Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
In office 14 October 2010 – 5 November 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 of the Netherlands
In office 5 May 2005 – 14 October 2010
Preceded by	Nicoline van den Broek-Laman Trip
Succeeded by	Fred de Graaf
Member of the Senate of the Netherlands
In office 8 June 1999 – 14 October 2010
Personal details
Born	Uriël Rosenthal (1945-07-19) 19 July 1945 Montreux, Switzerland
Nationality	Dutch
Political party	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
Spouse(s)	Dinah Rosenthal (m. 1973)
Children	2 daughters
Residence	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Alma mater	University of Amsterdam (Bachelor of Social Science, Master of Social Science) Erasmus University Rotterdam (Doctor of Philosophy)
Occupation	Politician Author Columnist Contributing editor Political scientist Historian Professor

Uriël "Uri" Rosenthal (born 19 July 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 14 October 2010 until 5 November 2012. He previously served as a Member of the Senate from 8 June 1999 until 14 October 2010 and the Parliamentary leader in the Senate from 5 May 2005 until 14 October 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.

Early life

Uriël Rosenthal was born on 19 July 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 a Bachelor of Social Science and a Master of Social Science in 1970. In 1978 he received his Doctor of Philosophy 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. From 1987 until 2011 he was 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 8 June 1999. He became the Parliamentary leader in the Senate on 5 May 2005. On 12 June 2010 Queen Beatrix nominated Rosenthal as first informateur in the 2010 Dutch cabinet formation.^[1] On 26 June the Queen replaced Rosenthal with Herman Tjeenk Willink, the Vice President of the Council of State as the new informateur.^[2] On 5 July he became informateur a second time together with Jacques Wallage of the Labour Party.^[3] But on 21 July the Queen again replaced him and Wallage with Minister of State and former Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers.

On 28 September 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 14 October 2010, the same day he took office as the new Minister of Foreign Affairs.^[4]

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

He has been nominated by the Dutch Government to serve as the Special Envoy for the fourth International Cyberspace Conference to be held in 2015.^[5]

Family

He has been married since 4 January 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.^[6]^[7]

Decorations

Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau (1985)

References

(Dutch) Parlement.com biography

↑ (Dutch) VVD'er Uri Rosenthal informateur, NRC, 12 June 2010
↑ (English) Queen appoints new coalition negotiator, Radio Netherlands Worldwide, 26 June 2010
↑ (English) Dutch coalition talks continue behind closed doors, Radio Netherlands Worldwide, 6 July 2010
↑ (Dutch) Uri Rosenthal is beoogd minister Buitenlandse Zaken, NRC, 8 October 2010
↑ "Netherlands to host international Cyberspace Conference in 2015". Government of the Netherlands. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
↑ (Dutch) D66 en PvdA eisen uitleg over Nederlandse blokkade EU-standpunt Israël, NRC, 29 September 2011
↑ Uri Rosenthal: from crisis professor to Foreign Minister

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Uri Rosenthal.

(Dutch) Senate biography

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

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) (from 2011 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 Health, Welfare and Sport Halbe Zijlstra Education, Culture and Science Joop Atsma Infrastructure and the Environment Paul de Krom Social Affairs and Employment

Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Schimmelpenninck Bentinck van Nijenhuis Lightenvelt Van Sonsbeeck Ja. van Zuylen van Nijevelt Van Hall Gevers van Endegeest Van Goltstein Van Hall Ju. van Zuylen van Nijevelt Van der Goes van Dirxland Ja. van Zuylen van Nijevelt Strens Stratenus Van der Maesen de Sombreff Huyssen van Kattendijke Cremers Ju. van Zuylen van Nijevelt Van Mulken Roest van Limburg Van Mulken Gericke van Herwijnen Van der Does de Willebois Van Heeckeren van Kell Van Lynden van Sandenburg Rochussen Van der Does de Willebois Du Tour van Bellinchave Van Karnebeek Hartsen Van Tienhoven Jansen Röell De Beaufort Van Lynden Ellis Van Weede van Berencamp Ellis Van Tets van Goudriaan De Marees van Swinderen Cort van der Linden Loudon Van Karnebeek Beelaerts van Blokland De Graeff Ruijs de Beerenbrouck Colijn Patijn Van Kleffens Van Roijen Van Boetzelaer van Oosterhout Stikker Beyen Luns Schmelzer Van der Stoel Van der Klaauw Van der Stoel Van Agt Van den Broek Kooijmans Van Mierlo Van Aartsen De Hoop Scheffer Bot Verhagen Rosenthal Timmermans Koenders

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