Arturo Char

Arturo Char Chaljub (born 5 November 1967) is a former Senator of Colombia. Prior to his appointment he served as First Secretary of the Colombian Embassy in London.

Family Arturo comes from a well established and influential, Syrian-Arab-Colombian family, he is a son of Fuad Char, a Liberal Senator of Colombia and former Minister of Economic Development, and Ambassador of Colombia to Portugal, and his wife Adela Chaljub de Char. His brother, Alejandro Char, is the current mayor of Barranquilla, and his cousin, David Char Navas, is also a senator. Many of his relatives, are shareholders of the Junior Barranquilla, the city's foremost soccer team. He married Alessandra Warner Sánchez, whom he met while studying at Kennesaw State University in Georgia, United States. Together, they have five children, Fuad, John, Adela, Arturo and Victoria.