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Andrew M. Rosenthal became editorial page editor of The New York Times in January 2007. Mr. Rosenthal had been deputy editorial page editor of The New York Times since August 2003. Before that, Mr. Rosenthal had been assistant managing editor since September 2001 and foreign editor since May 1997. He also served as national editor of The Times for six months in 2000, supervising coverage of the presidential elections and the post-election day recount.

Previously he served as The Times’ Washington editor since November 1992 and as a Washington correspondent since joining the Company in March 1987. While in Washington D.C., Mr. Rosenthal covered the Bush administration, the 1988 and 1992 presidential elections and the Persian Gulf War. He also supervised coverage of the 1994 and 1996 national elections.

Before joining The Times, Mr. Rosenthal worked at the Associated Press, where, since July 1986, he had been its Moscow bureau chief. His other assignments with the AP included correspondent in Moscow from June 1983 until July 1986, editor on the foreign desk in New York from April 1982 to June 1983 and reporter in the Denver bureau from October 1978 to April 1982.

Mr. Rosenthal graduated from the University of Denver with a B.A. degree in American history in 1978. While at college, Mr. Rosenthal was a sports stringer for the AP from January to April 1976 and a part-time police reporter for The Rocky Mountain News from October 1976 to June 1977.