Fuad Ricardo Char Abdala

Fuad Ricardo Char Abdala
Senator of Colombia
Incumbent
Assumed office
20 July 2010
In office
20 July 1998 – 20 July 2006
In office
20 July 1990 – 20 April 1995
21st Colombia Ambassador to Portugal
In office
30 September 2008 – 5 June 2009
President Álvaro Uribe Vélez
Preceded by Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza
Succeeded by Arturo Sarabia Better
14th Colombian Minister of Economic Development
In office
1987–1988
President Virgilio Barco Vargas
Preceded by Miguel Merino Gordillo
Succeeded by Carlos Arturo Marulanda Ramírez
48th Governor of Atlántico
In office
1984–1987
President Belisario Betancur Cuartas
Preceded by Abel Francisco Carbonell
Succeeded by Gerardo Certain
Personal details
Born 5 October 1937 (1937-10-05) (age 74)
Santa Cruz de Lorica,
Córdoba, Colombia
Nationality Colombian
Political party Radical Change
Other political
affiliations
Liberal
Spouse(s) Adela Chaljub Char (1994)
Children Arturo Char Chaljub
Alejandro Char Chaljub
Antonio Char Chaljub
Occupation Businessman
Religion Roman Catholic

Fuad Ricardo Char Abdala (born 5 October 1937) is a Senator of Colombia serving his fifth term in Congress, albeit not all consecutively.

Family

Fuad was the son of Ricardo Char Zaslawy, a Syrian immigrant who arrived in Colombia in 1926, and Erlinda Abdala a daughter of Syrian immigrants; the eldest out of seven kids, his other siblings were Habib, Farid, Simón, Ricardo, Mary and Mike.[1] His uncle, Nicólas had started a business that quickly grew profitable, and the family moved to Barranquilla in 1952, where they started what would become Olímpica S. A, a regional drugstore chain that would make his family one of the most influential in the Colombian Caribbean Coast. It grew into a conglomerate that included, the radio station Olímpica Stéreo, and the ownership of Junior Barranquilla. Fuad, married his first cousin Adela Chaljub Char, daughter of Antonio Chaljub, an immigrant from Lebanon and Rosa Char Zaslawy, his aunt from Syria. Together they had three sons: Antonio, Arturo, and Alejandro. After becoming a widower in 1994, he remarried in 1996 to Marina Díaz Pérez.[2]

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