Fuad Char
Fuad Ricardo Char Abdala | |
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Senator of Colombia | |
In office 20 July 2010 – 20 July 2014 | |
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 | Santa Cruz de Lorica, Córdoba, Colombia | 5 October 1937
Political party | Radical Change |
Other political affiliations | Liberal |
Spouse | Adela Chaljub Char (1994) |
Children |
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Occupation | Businessman |
Fuad Ricardo Char Abdala (born 5 October 1937) is a Senator of Colombia serving his fifth term in Congress, albeit not all consecutively. He is the founder of Grupo Empresarial Olímpica , the second biggest company in the Colombian Caribbean coast after Reficar.
Family
Fuad was the son of Ricardo Char Zaslawy, an immigrant from Lebanon who arrived in Colombia in 1926, and Erlinda Abdala a daughter of Lebanese immigrants.[1][2] He is the eldest out of seven kids, his other siblings were Jabib, Farid, Simón, Ricardo, Mary and Mike.[3]
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 Grupo Empresarial Olímpica , a conglomerate that would make his family one of the most influential in the Colombian Caribbean Coast. It grew into a conglomerate that included Supermercados Olimpicos, 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 2004 to Maria Mercedes de la Espriella.[4]
See also
References
- ^ Howard, Elizabeth (2015). "Retailing in Emerging Markets: A policy and strategy perspective". Routledge. p. 162.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Una historia de novela". Dinero.com. 1997.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Murió la Mamá de los Char en Barranquilla" [The Mother of the Chars Died in Barranquilla]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 29 November 1993. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
- ^ "En Bogotá". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 7 January 1996. Retrieved 26 October 2010.