Gert Rosenthal
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Gert Rosenthal | |
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 Rosenthal in 2017 | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guatemala | |
| In office 25 July 2006 – 14 January 2008 | |
| President | Óscar Berger |
| Preceded by | Jorge Briz |
| Succeeded by | Haroldo Rodas |
| Secretary (Minister) of National Planning of Guatemala | |
| In office 1973–1974 | |
| In office 1969–1970 | |
| Permanent Representative of Guatemala to the United Nations | |
| In office 14 January 2008 – 8 September 2014 | |
| Succeeded by | Fernando Carrera |
| In office 22 March 1999 – 25 July 2004 | |
| United Nations Executive Secretary for the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean | |
| In office January 1988 – December 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Norberto González |
| Succeeded by | José Antonio Ocampo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 September 1935 |
| Alma mater | Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala University of California at Berkeley |
| Profession | Diplomat and Economist |
Gert Rosenthal Königsberger (born 11 September 1935) is a Guatemalan diplomat who served as Guatemala's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 25 July 2006 to 14 January 2008 under the government of Óscar Berger.
He was born in Amsterdam to a German father and Guatemalan mother and came to Guatemala at the age of three. After secondary education in Guatemala, he studied in the United States and received a BA and an MA in economics from the University of California, Berkeley. He then pursued further studies in economics at San Carlos University in Guatemala City.
He entered government service in 1960 as a part-time economist at the National Planning Secretariat. In 1964 he was appointed representative of Guatemala on the Executive Council of the Central American Common Market, rising to Assistant to the Secretary-General of the Common Market's Secretariat in 1967. Between 1969 and 1970 he headed the National Planning Secretariat, a ministerial-level position. In 1971 he was named a fellow at the Adlai Stevenson Institute for International Affairs in Chicago, United States. Between 1972 and 1973 he directed a project in Guatemala for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), intended to promote the Central American Common Market. In 1973-74 he again headed the National Planning Secretariat.
In 1998, he was a member of the Oversight Commission of the Guatemalan Peace Accords.
