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[[Image:Haroldo Rodas.jpg|right|thumb|Haroldo Rodas, February 2011]]
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'''Roger Haroldo Rodas Melgar''' (born 29 May 1946) is a [[Guatemala]]n diplomat who was [[foreign minister]] in the cabinet of [[President of Guatemala|President]] [[Álvaro Colom]] from 15 January 2008 to 16 January 2012.
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He previously served as vice-minister for foreign affairs from 1 January 1991 to 30 June 1992.
|office = [[Minister of Foreign Affairs|Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guatemala]]
|president = [[Alvaro Colom]]
|term_start = 14 January 2008
|term_end = 14 January 2012
|predecessor = [[Gert Rosenthal]]
|successor = [[Harold Caballeros]]
| nationality = Guatemalan
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|5|29|}}
| birth_place = [[Guatemala City]], [[Guatemala]]
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| alma_mater = [[Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala]]
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'''Roger Haroldo Rodas Melgar''' (born 29 May 1946) is a [[Guatemala]]n economist, politician and diplomat. He served as [[foreign affairs minister]] in the cabinet of [[President of Guatemala|President]] [[Alvaro Colom]], from 14 January, 2008 to 14 January 2012. He was the only minister that served the four-year term. He previously served as vice-minister for foreign affairs from 1 January 1991 to 30 June 1992.


Rodas studied economics at the [[Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala]] and a master's in international economics at the [[Graduate Institute of International Studies]] in [[Geneva]], [[Switzerland]]. Prior to being appointed foreign minister, he had been the Secretary General of the [[Secretariat for Central American Economic Integration]] (SIECA) since April 1995.
Rodas studied economics at the [[Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala]] and a master's in international economics at the [[Graduate Institute of International Studies]] in [[Geneva]], [[Switzerland]]. Prior to being appointed foreign minister, he had been the Secretary General of the [[Secretariat for Central American Economic Integration]] (SIECA) since April 1995.
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.minex.gob.gt/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2138&Itemid=53 Haroldo Rodas Melgar's CV] (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Guatemala)
*[http://www.minex.gob.gt/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2138&Itemid=53 Haroldo Rodas Melgar's CV] (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Guatemala)

[[Image:Celso_Amorim_and_Haroldo_Rodas.jpg|left|thumb|Haroldo Rodas (left) with the Brazilian foreign affairs minister [[Celso Amorim]] (April 2008)]]


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Revision as of 22:38, 22 April 2014

Haroldo Rodas
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guatemala
In office
14 January 2008 – 14 January 2012
PresidentAlvaro Colom
Preceded byGert Rosenthal
Succeeded byHarold Caballeros
Personal details
Born (1946-05-29) May 29, 1946 (age 78)
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Alma materUniversidad de San Carlos de Guatemala

Roger Haroldo Rodas Melgar (born 29 May 1946) is a Guatemalan economist, politician and diplomat. He served as foreign affairs minister in the cabinet of President Alvaro Colom, from 14 January, 2008 to 14 January 2012. He was the only minister that served the four-year term. He previously served as vice-minister for foreign affairs from 1 January 1991 to 30 June 1992.

Rodas studied economics at the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala and a master's in international economics at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland. Prior to being appointed foreign minister, he had been the Secretary General of the Secretariat for Central American Economic Integration (SIECA) since April 1995.

He has also held positions with the United Nations Development Programme, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Union of Banana Exporting Countries, the Organization of American States, and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.

Haroldo Rodas (left) with the Brazilian foreign affairs minister Celso Amorim (April 2008)

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