Yani Benjamin Rosenthal

About

Honduran politician, businessman, and former convict who is known for running in the 2021 Honduran general election for president. He has been active in the Liberal Party of Hondurans since 2001 when he acted as an alternate member for the party's central executive committee. From 2006 to 2007, he worked in the Manuel Zelaya administration as the Ministry of the Presidency.

Before Fame

He attended Escuela Internacional Sampedrana in San Pedro Sula, and then went to National Autonomous University of Honduras for law school.

Trivia

In 2015, he and his cousin and father were arrested for providing money laundering support services for narcotics traffickers. Rosenthal pled guilty and was sentenced to three years in prison.

Family Life

He is married to Claudia Madrid, and they have four daughters.

Associated With

He lost the 2021 presidential election to  Xiomara Castro of the left-wing Libre party.