Fuad Char Explained

Fuad Char
Office:Senator of Colombia
Order4:21st
Ambassador From4:Colombia
Country4:Portugal
President4:Álvaro Uribe
Predecessor4:Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza
Successor4:Arturo Sarabia
Order5:14th
Office5:Ministry of Economic Development (Colombia)Minister of Economic Development
Term Start5:1987
Term End5:1988
President5:Virgilio Barco
Predecessor5:Miguel Merino Gordillo
Successor5:Carlos Arturo Marulanda
Order6:48th
Office6:Governor of Atlántico
Term Start6:1984
Term End6:1987
President6:Belisario Betancur
Predecessor6:Abel Francisco Carbonell
Successor6:Gerardo Certain
Birth Name:Fuad Ricardo Char Abdala
Birth Date:5 October 1937
Birth Place:Lorica, Córdoba, Colombia
Party:Radical Change
Otherparty:Liberal
Spouse:Adela Chaljub Char (1994)

Fuad Ricardo Char Abdala (born 5 October 1937) is a businessman and retired politician. He is the founder of . He served in different terms as a senator, governor of Atlántico, and minister of Economic Development (position now fused into the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism)

Family

Fuad was the son of Ricardo Char, an immigrant from Damascus, Syria, who arrived in Colombia in 1926.[1] [2] [3] He is the eldest out of seven children, his other siblings were Jabib, Farid, Simón, and, Ricardo.[4]

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, 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 children: Antonio, Arturo, and Alejandro. After becoming a widower in 1994, he remarried in 2004 to Maria Mercedes de la Espriella.[5]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Ricco . Massimo Di . 2014 . Filling the gap: the Colombo arabes emergence as political actors in Barranquilla and the Caribbean region . Revista de Derecho . 41 . 211–241 . 0121-8697.
  2. News: Long . Gideon . 2019-10-29 . Barranquilla mayor leaves office on a high . Financial Times . 2023-12-29.
  3. Web site: Semana . 2019-04-07 . ¿Quiénes son los Char? . 2023-12-29 . Semana.com . es.
  4. . 2010-10-26 . Spanish . 1993-11-29 . Murió la Mamá de los Char en Barranquilla . The Mother of the Chars Died in Barranquilla .
  5. En Bogotá . . 2010-10-26 . Spanish . 1996-01-07 .