reached between People's Party for Freedom and Democracy and Christian Democratic Appeal to form a minority coalition, supported by the Party for Freedom to obtain a majority. Formateur Mark Rutte asked Rosenthal as the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the new cabinet. Because a member of the States-General of the Netherlands can not serve in the cabinet he resigned as a Member of the Senate and Parliamentary leader on 14 October 2010, the same day he took office as the new Minister of Foreign Affairs. As of 1 March 2013, Rosenthal is chairman of the Policy Advisory Council on Science and Technology (AWT). He has been nominated by the Dutch Government to serve as the Special Envoy for the fourth International Cyberspace Conference to be held in 2015. Family He has been married since 4 January 1973. He lives in Rotterdam with his wife, Dinah, and their two children. Dinah Rosenthal is an Israeli native, originally from Haifa. Two of Rosenthal's sisters live in Israel. Decorations References External links Official Prof.Dr. U. (Uri) Rosenthal Parlement & Politiek Prof.Dr. U. Rosenthal (VVD) Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal 1945 births Living people Dutch bibliographers Dutch columnists Dutch essayists Dutch expatriates in Israel Dutch magazine editors Dutch management consultants Dutch nonprofit directors Jewish Dutch politicians Jewish Dutch scientists Jewish Dutch writers Dutch people of German-Jewish descent Dutch political scientists Dutch public administration scholars Erasmus University Rotterdam alumni Academic staff of Erasmus University Rotterdam Experts on terrorism Governmental studies academics Academic staff of Leiden University Jewish refugees Members of the Senate (Netherlands) Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands Non-fiction crime writers Officers of the Order of Orange-Nassau People from Montreux Politicians from Rotterdam People's Party for Freedom and Democracy politicians Public historians Terrorism studies Terrorism theorists University of Amsterdam alumni Academic staff of the University of Amsterdam 20th-century Dutch civil servants 20th-century Dutch educators 20th-century Dutch male writers 20th-century Dutch politicians 21st-century Dutch civil servants 21st-century Dutch educators 21st-century Dutch male writers 21st-century Dutch politicians