Jaime Rosenthal
Jaime Rosenthal | |
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Member of National Congress of Honduras | |
In office January 2002 – January 2006 | |
Third Vice President of Honduras | |
In office January 1986 – 1989 | |
President | José Azcona del Hoyo |
Personal details | |
Born | Jaime Rolando Rosenthal Oliva May 5, 1936 San Pedro Sula, Honduras |
Died | January 12, 2019 San Pedro Sula | (aged 82)
Citizenship | Honduran |
Political party | Liberal Party of Honduras |
Alma mater | MIT Sloan School of Management Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Occupation | Politician |
Jaime Rolando Rosenthal Oliva (May 5, 1936 – January 12, 2019) was a Honduran politician, and leader of one of Liberal Party of Honduras's (PLH) wings, and was a perennial candidate for President. On March 20, 1974, he founded the Banco Continental. On October 7, 2015, Rosenthal was labeled a "specially designated narcotics trafficker" under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act.
Biography
His Romanian Jewish father, Yankel Rosenthal, emigrated from Romania to Honduras in 1929. His father married Esther Oliva from El Salvador. Rosenthal held a BS degree in Civil Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MS degree from the MIT Sloan School of Management. He was one of the Vice Presidents (known as Designados Presidenciales) during the presidency of José Azcona del Hoyo (Jan. 1986-Jan.1990) and resigned because of political differences. He was also a Congressman in Honduras, (Jan. 2002 to Jan. 2006). A 2006 study by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation named Rosenthal one of "the most powerful men in Honduras" (along with Fredy Nasser and Schucry Kafie).
Rosenthal died following a heart attack on January 12, 2019. He was 82 years old. He was the father of Yani Rosenthal, who was a minister from 2006 to 2009 under Manuel Zelaya. His nephew, Yankel Rosenthal, is a former minister under President Juan Orlando Hernández.
Grupo Continental
Banco Continental was founded in 1974 and until its closure in late 2015 was the eighth largest bank in Honduras, forming part of Grupo Continental, itself founded in 1929 and owned by the Rosenthal family.
- 1936 births
- 2019 deaths
- Vice presidents of Honduras
- People from San Pedro Sula
- MIT School of Engineering alumni
- MIT Sloan School of Management alumni
- Liberal Party of Honduras politicians
- Honduran people of Salvadoran descent
- Honduran people of Romanian-Jewish descent
- Deputies of the National Congress of Honduras
- Honduran bankers
- Honduran Jews