Valdrack L. Jaentschke was appointed Minister Secretary of the Presidency of the Republic of Nicaragua for the Development of the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua in February 2017, maintaining his position of Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, to which he was appointed in 2015.
He has been accredited as non-resident Ambassador to Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Grenada, Haiti, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago, also representing the Republic of Nicaragua to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Association of Caribbean States (ACS).
For over fifteen years he worked on issues of human development, management, strategic planning, negotiation and decision-making in public policy, also serving in academia.
He has been closely linked to the promotion of the autonomous rights of indigenous and afro-descendant people in Nicaragua, and has published on the importance of the Caribbean in the history and development of Nicaragua.
He has a Master Degree in Public Administration from the Graduate School for Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh, USA (1995). He also has a BA in Sociology from the Universidad Centroamericana, UCA (1991), and has studied Civil Engineering at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua, UNAN (1980).