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 [es].
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, and, Ricardo[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 [es], 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: Antonia, Arturo, and Alejandro. After becoming a widower in 1994, he remarried in 2004 to Maria Mercedes de la Espriella.[4]
Currently, the Char family is considered one of the most influential families in Colombia, with Alejandro (Fuad's son) being major of Barranquilla in two non-consecutive times, and Arturo being Senator of Colombia during the period 2018-2022. Nevertheless, The Char family has been accused multiple times of corruption acts that involve all types of electoral crimes. Recently, the Char family was on the public eye as Aida Merlano (Former senator and Fugitive), affirmed that the Char family arranged her cinematographic escape from jail and her posterior attempt of murder.
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^"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.
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