Ricardo Rosales (politician)

{{Short description|Guatemalan politician (1934–2020)}}

{{Other people|Ricardo Rosales|Ricardo Rosales (disambiguation){{!}}Ricardo Rosales}}

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| name = Ricardo Rosales Román

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1934|2|14}}

| birth_place = Guatemala City, Guatemala

| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|1|2|1934|2|14|df=yes}}

| death_place = Guatemala City, Guatemala

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| education = Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala

| alma_mater = Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala

| occupation = Newspaper columnist

| known_for = Leader of Guatemalan Party of Labour. Former Congressman

| spouse = Ana María Arroyo Quan

| children = Pedro, Espartaco

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Ricardo Rosales Román (February 14, 1934 – January 2, 2020) was the head of the Guatemalan Party of Labour (PGT) beginning in 1974 through 1998. His nom de guerre was Carlos González. Rosales joined the leadership of the URNG in 1986. The PGT disbanded in 1998 after the conclusion of the country's civil war.

Rosales was born in Guatemala City. He was elected to several leadership posts of student organizations while studying at the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He joined the PGT in September 1963.[http://www.lahora.com.gt/index.php/opinion/299-opinion/105858-en-los-75-anos-de-ricardo-rosales-roman Unknown]{{Dead link | date=March 2025 | fix-attempted=yes}}

He is a signatory of the 1996 Peace Accords.

He was elected as a member of the Congress of Guatemala on the URNG ticket from 2000 to 2004. As of 2009, he was a columnist for the Guatemalan daily newspaper La Hora.{{Cite web|url=http://ricardorosalesroman.blogspot.com/2009/02/ricardo-rosales-roman-cumple-75-anos.html|title = Ricardo Rosales Román: Ricardo Rosales Román cumple 75 años|date = 13 February 2009}}

He died in Guatemala City on January 2, 2020.{{cite web |title=Fallece Ricardo Rosales Román, exdirigente de URNG y firmante de los Acuerdos de Paz de 1996 – Prensa Libre |url=https://www.prensalibre.com/guatemala/politica/fallece-ricardo-rosales-roman-exdirigente-de-urng-y-firmante-de-los-acuerdos-de-paz-de-1996/ |website=Prensa Libre |date=2 January 2020 |accessdate=24 March 2020 |language=es-GT}}