Jaime Rosenthal
| Jaime Rosenthal | |
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| Member of National Congress of Honduras | |
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In office January 2002 – January 2006 |
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| Vice-President of Honduras | |
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In office 1986–1989 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
May 5, 1936 San Pedro Sula, Honduras |
| Citizenship | Honduran |
| Alma mater |
MIT Sloan School of Management Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Occupation | politician |
Jaime Rolando Rosenthal Oliva (May 5, 1936, San Pedro Sula, Honduras) is 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.
His Romanian-Jewish father, Yankel Rosenthal, emigrated from Romania to Honduras in 1929. Rosenthal has 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 Jose Azcona Hoyo (Jan. 1986-Jan.1990) and resigned because of political differences. He was also formerly a Congressman in Honduras, (Jan. 2002 to Jan. 2006).
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.
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