Fuad Char

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.

Fuad Ricardo Char Abdala
Senator of Colombia
In office
20 July 2010 (2010-07-20) – 20 July 2014 (2014-07-20)
In office
20 July 1998 (1998-07-20) – 20 July 2006 (2006-07-20)
In office
20 July 1990 (1990-07-20) – 20 April 1995 (1995-04-20)
21st Colombia Ambassador to Portugal
In office
30 September 2008 (2008-09-30) – 5 June 2009 (2009-06-05)
PresidentÁlvaro Uribe Vélez
Preceded byPlinio Apuleyo Mendoza
Succeeded byArturo Sarabia Better
14th Colombian Minister of Economic Development
In office
1987–1988
PresidentVirgilio Barco Vargas
Preceded byMiguel Merino Gordillo
Succeeded byCarlos Arturo Marulanda Ramírez
48th Governor of Atlántico
In office
1984–1987
PresidentBelisario Betancur Cuartas
Preceded byAbel Francisco Carbonell
Succeeded byGerardo Certain
Personal details
Born (1937-10-05) 5 October 1937
Santa Cruz de Lorica, Córdoba, Colombia
NationalityColombian
Political partyRadical Change
Other political
affiliations		Liberal
Spouse(s)Adela Chaljub Char (1994)
Children
OccupationBusinessman
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Char and the second or maternal family name is Abdula.

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
  1. Howard, Elizabeth (2015). "Retailing in Emerging Markets: A policy and strategy perspective". Routledge. p. 162.
  2. "Una historia de novela". Dinero.com. 1997.
  3. "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.
  4. "En Bogotá". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 7 January 1996. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
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