{{short description|Guatemalan economist, diplomat and politician}} {{family name hatnote|Brolo|Vila|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Pedro Brolo | image = Pedro Brolo (17-9-2020) (cropped).jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Brolo in 2020 | 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 = {{birth date and age|1981|2|3|df=y}}{{citation needed|date=January 2020}} | birth_place = Guatemala City, Guatemala | party = | other_party = | spouse = | partner = | relations = | children = 2 | alma_mater = | occupation = | years_active = | signature = Firma-pedro-brolo.svg | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Pedro Brolo Vila''' (born 3 February 1981{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}) 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.<ref name="can">{{cite web | url =https://www.publinews.gt/gt/noticias/2019/07/22/alejandro-giammattei-agexport-ministros.html | title = Alejandro Giammattei presenta a dos ministros que ocuparían su gabinete de gobierno | date = 22 July 2019 | publisher = Publinews |trans-title= Alejandro Giammattei presents two ministers who would occupy his government cabinet| language = Spanish| accessdate = 22 July 2019}}</ref><ref name="tn">{{cite web|url=https://www.tn23.tv/2019/03/16/vamos-proclama-a-su-candidato-a-alcalde-capitalino/ | title = Candidatos a alcalde de la Municipalidad de Guatemala 2019 | publisher = TN23 |trans-title= VAMOS proclaims its candidate for capital mayor| language = Spanish| accessdate = 16 March 2019}}</ref>
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.<ref name="candidat">{{cite web | url =https://republica.gt/2019/03/10/candidatos-para-alcalde-de-la-municipalidad-de-guatemala-2019/ | title = Candidatos a alcalde de la Municipalidad de Guatemala 2019 | publisher = República |trans-title=Candidates for mayor of the Municipality of Guatemala 2019| language = Spanish| accessdate = 10 March 2018}}</ref><ref name="candidate">{{cite web | url = https://canalantigua.tv/alas845-pedro-brolo/ | title = Pedro Brolo, candidato a alcalde por el partido VAMOS | publisher = Canal Antigua | trans-title = Pedro Brolo, candidate for mayor for the VAMOS party | language = Spanish | accessdate = 22 March 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190812055036/https://canalantigua.tv/alas845-pedro-brolo/ | archive-date = 12 August 2019 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
==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.<ref name="candidat" /><ref name="candidate" /><ref name="candidates">{{cite web | url =https://www.relato.gt/elecciones2019/elecciones-2019/no-recibimos-aportes-dudosos-preferimos-dormir-tranquilos-y-hacer-una-campana-realista-y-solida | title = No recibimos aportes dudosos, preferimos dormir tranquilos y hacer una campaña realista y sólida | publisher = Relato |trans-title= We do not receive doubtful contributions, we prefer to sleep peacefully and make a realistic and solid campaign| language = Spanish| accessdate = 22 March 2018}}</ref> [[File:DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Meets with Guatemala President Giammattei.jpg|left|thumb|Brolo poses with U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas following making remarks to press in Guatemala City in July 2021.]] 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.<ref name="candidat" /><ref name="candidate" />
Brolo was proclaimed candidate for mayor by the Vamos in March 2019, being defeated by Mayor Ricardo Quiñónez Lemus of the Unionist Party on 16 June 2019. Brolo was defeated and obtained fifth place with more than 9,000 votes and 2.2% of the votes.<ref name="can" />
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.»<ref name="can" /> However, that comment is incorrect, since there were several younger ones including Guillermo Toriello Garrido, Jorge Skinner-Klée, and Luis Molina Bedoya.
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