Yani Rosenthal
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Yani Rosenthal | |
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Member of National Congress of Honduras | |
In office 25 January 2010 – 25 January 2014 | |
Constituency | Cortés Department |
Minister of the Presidency of Honduras | |
In office 27 January 2006 – 31 December 2007 | |
President | Manuel Zelaya |
Personal details | |
Born | Yani Benjamin Rosenthal Hidalgo 14 July 1965 Honduras National Autonomous University INCAE Business School |
Yani Benjamin Rosenthal Hidalgo (born 14 July 1965 in San Pedro Sula, Honduras) is a businessman, politician and former convict.
Personal data
His parents are Jaime Rosenthal and Miriam Marina Hidalgo de Rosenthal. He has a sister, Patricia, and three brothers: Jaime (deceased), Carlos José and César Augusto. He is married to Claudia Madrid. They have four daughters: Isabella, Victoria, Elissa and Alexandra.
In 1993 his house suffered damage from a bomb attack. Rosenthal was Director of Diario Tiempo (
Education
Rosenthal studied high school at Bilingual School: Escuela Internacional Sampedrana in San Pedro Sula, he is a lawyer graduated from UNAH-Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras (Honduras National Autonomous University) and has an MBA from INCAE. In 1998 the Honduras Supreme Court of Justice granted him the title of Notary public.
Political career
Rosenthal began his work as an activist for the
Rosenthal was an alternate member of the Liberal Party's Central Executive Committee from 2001 to 2005 and a full member as Secretary of International Relations from 2005 to 2009.
When
His previous experience was very limited. He was advisor of
In December 2006 Diario La Tribuna (La Tribuna newspaper) carried out a
In December 2006 and January 2007 he suffered severe criticism from his own party members, after he announced the results of an evaluation process of all government ministers and other executives of which he was in charge. Rosenthal was the only minister not evaluated. Several well-known members of the Partido Liberal failed the examination and only a few were removed from their posts.[4] This internal dispute extended all the way to the Vice President of Honduras Elvin Santos, who declared publicly that Rosenthal was unfit to evaluate him.[5]
Rosenthal also headed the process of adjudication of import rights of oil products into the country. This process was adjudicated in 2006 to
On 16 January 2007, the US Ambassador in Honduras Charles Ford, expressed publicly his concern derived about the executive mandate to force a lease of oil storage facilities to the government.[9]
On 17 January 2007, President Manuel Zelaya's legal advisor Enrique Flores said the government would not take control of the terminal owned by Chevron, but would take control of two oil storage terminals owned by Honduran company DIPPSA, including one in which Exxon Mobil owns a 50% stake.[10]
On 31 December 2007, Yani Rosenthal resigned as Minister of the Presidency. He was running to be elected in the internal primary election within the Liberal Party to become the candidate for the 2010 Honduras Presidency, but joined his political movement with another candidate:
Independent media in Honduras have been critical of Arcadia's methods, and reports appearing in independent newspaper La Tribuna and other news outlets have denounced Arcadia's declarations as false [1]
Rosenthal participated in both the primary election in the liberal party in 2008 and the general election in 2009 and was elected congressman for the 2010-2014 period.
In March 2010, the newly elected Lobo government sent a package of new taxes to government, which have been opposed and denounced by Rosenthal as extremely onerous to the poorest people in Honduras.
Arrest and criminal indictment
In 2015, Yani Rosenthal along with his cousin Yankel, and his father Jaime were indicted under the Kingpin Act for "provide[ing] money laundering and other services that support the international narcotics-trafficking activities of multiple Central American drug traffickers and their criminal organizations". Both pled guilty. On 15 December 2017, the U.S. Attorney announced that Rosenthal was sentenced to 3 years in prison. On 19 January 2017, his cousin, Yankel Rosenthal announced that he was sentenced to 29 months after pleading guilty to the lesser charge of attempting to launder drug money from Honduras. American authorities tried unsuccessfully to extradite his father, Jaime (who died in Honduras on 12 January 2018).
2021 Presidential campaign
After his return to Honduras Yani Rosenthal started a presidential campaign with the Liberal Party. He won the party-internal primaries, held on 14 March 2021, against his competitors Luis Zelaya, then Chairman of the Liberal Party, and Ángel Darío Banegas Darío Banegas, a Member of Congress and TV-Show host. Yani Rosenthal gained 49.97% of votes, Luis Zelaya gained 33.94% and Darío Banegas 16.09%.[11] Following the primaries he entered the second round of campaigning. Together with Nasry Asfura (National Party) and Xiomara Castro (LIBRE) he was considered to be among the top-three contenders for the presidential elections held on 28 November 2021. Yani lost the presidential election, coming in third place with just 170,638 or 9.21% of the vote.
References
- ^ "1993 Human Rights Report: HONDURAS".
- ^ SecretarÃa de la Presidencia
- ^ "TIEMPO DIGITAL, El Diario que se lee primero".
- ^ "La Prensa Diario "Aún no hay despedidos" / 04 / 01 / 2007".
- ^ "La Prensa Diario "Yani no tiene solvencia para evaluarme": Elvin / 12 / 01 / 2007".
- ^ "La Prensa Diario "La intromisión de un Gobierno no siempre es buena"".
- ^ "La Prensa Diario, EUA critica a Honduras en caso de combustibles de Texaco y Esso / 15 / 01 / 2007".
- ^ "Honduras court orders handover of oil depots". Reuters. 10 February 2007 – via www.reuters.com.
- ^ "La Prensa Diario, Ford: "Las consecuencias pueden ser graves" / 16 / 01 / 2007 / Ediciones / La Prensa".
- ^ "Honduras says terminals grab hits Exxon, not Chevron". Reuters. 17 January 2007 – via www.reuters.com.
- ^ CNE Consejo Nacional Electoral. "Resultados Eleciones Primarias". CNE Consejo Nacional Electoral. Retrieved 23 November 2021.