Pedro Brolo Explained

Pedro Brolo
Office:Minister of Foreign Affairs
President:Alejandro Giammattei
Term Start:14 January 2020
Term End:31 January 2022
Predecessor:Sandra Jovel
Successor:Mario Búcaro
Birth Name:Pedro Brolo Vila
Birth Date:3 February 1981
Birth Place:Guatemala City, Guatemala
Children:2
Signature:Firma-pedro-brolo.svg

Pedro Brolo Vila (born 3 February 1981) is a Guatemalan economist, diplomat and politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 14 January 2020 to 31 January 2022, under the government of Alejandro Giammattei.[1] [2]

A member of the Vamos party, he was the party's nominee in the 2019 Guatemala City mayoral election, obtaining fifth place with 9,449 and 2.2% of the votes.[3] [4]

Biography

Brolo is an entrepreneur and economist. He has a specialization in Human Rights, Climate Change and Public Policies. He also has a degree in Business Administration and a master's degree in Analysis and Reliability Management.[5] He worked as Chief Financial Officer of the Organization of American States in Guatemala and advisor to the offices of the Organization of American States of Ecuador and Honduras. Brolo was appointed as Delegate for the Truth Commission in Honduras, and has worked in the Congress of the Republic as a political analyst.

Brolo was proclaimed candidate for mayor by the Vamos in March 2019, being defeated by Mayor Ricardo Quiñónez Lemus of the Unionist Party in 16 June 2019. Brolo was defeated and obtained fifth place with more than 9,000 votes and 2.2% of the votes.

President-elect Alejandro Giammattei appointed Brolo as Minister of Foreign Affairs and declared that «Brolo will be the youngest Foreign Minister in the history of Guatemala.» However, that comment is incorrect, since there were several younger ones including Guillermo Toriello Garrido, Jorge Skinner-Klée, and Luis Molina Bedoya.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alejandro Giammattei presenta a dos ministros que ocuparían su gabinete de gobierno . 22 July 2019 . Publinews . Alejandro Giammattei presents two ministers who would occupy his government cabinet. Spanish. 22 July 2019.
  2. Web site: Candidatos a alcalde de la Municipalidad de Guatemala 2019 . TN23 . VAMOS proclaims its candidate for capital mayor. Spanish. 16 March 2019.
  3. Web site: Candidatos a alcalde de la Municipalidad de Guatemala 2019 . República . Candidates for mayor of the Municipality of Guatemala 2019. Spanish. 10 March 2018.
  4. Web site: Pedro Brolo, candidato a alcalde por el partido VAMOS . Canal Antigua . Pedro Brolo, candidate for mayor for the VAMOS party . Spanish . 22 March 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190812055036/https://canalantigua.tv/alas845-pedro-brolo/ . 12 August 2019 . dead .
  5. Web site: No recibimos aportes dudosos, preferimos dormir tranquilos y hacer una campaña realista y sólida . Relato . We do not receive doubtful contributions, we prefer to sleep peacefully and make a realistic and solid campaign. Spanish. 22 March 2018.