{{Short description|Colombian politician}} {{family name hatnote|Char|Chaljub|lang=Spanish}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Arturo Char Chaljub | image = Arturo Char.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Arturo Char in 2018 | office = President of the Senate | term_start = 7 August 2020 | term_end = 7 August 2021 | predecessor = Lidio García Turbay | successor = Juan Diego Gómez | office1 = Senator of Colombia | term_start1 = 20 July 2014 | term_end1 = | term_start2 = 20 July 2006 | term_end2 = 20 July 2010 | birth_name = Arturo Char Chaljub | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|11|05|df=yes}} | birth_place = Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia | death_date = | death_place = | party = Radical Change | spouse = Alessandra Warner Sánchez | relations = Alejandro Char Chaljub (brother) | children = Fuad Char Warner<br>John Char Warner<br>Adela Char Warner<br>Arturo Char Warner<br> Victoria Char Warner | father = Fuad Char | mother = Adela Chaljub | alma_mater = Kennesaw State University | profession = Business Administrator | signature = | signature_alt = | website = {{URL|www.arturochar.com}} }}
'''Arturo Char Chaljub''' (born 5 November 1967)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arturochar.com/contenido.php?id=6&mid=1 |title=Profile of Arturo Char Chaljub |publisher=Campaign of Arturo Char Chaljub |accessdate=2010-10-26 |language=Spanish |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707172429/http://www.arturochar.com/contenido.php?id=6&mid=1 |archive-date=2011-07-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref> is a former Senator of Colombia. Prior to his appointment he served as First Secretary of the Colombian Embassy in London.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.congresovisible.org/congresistas/perfil/arturo-char-chaljub/21/#tab=4 |title=Senador Arturo Char Chaljub |accessdate=2010-10-26 |language=Spanish |publisher=Congreso Visible |archive-date=2010-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100316020013/http://www.congresovisible.org/congresistas/perfil/arturo-char-chaljub/21/#tab=4 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Family== Arturo comes from a well established and influential, Syrian-Arab-Colombian family,<ref>[https://www.banrep.gov.co/sites/default/files/publicaciones/archivos/10.pdf Profile (p. 59)], banrep.gov.co. Accessed 24 March 2024.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Tiempo|first=Casa Editorial El|date=2012-06-03|title=El último patriarca de los Char cuenta la historia de su familia|url=https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/CMS-11919334|access-date=2021-03-25|website=El Tiempo|language=spanish}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Semana|date=2019-04-07|title=¿Quiénes son los Char?|url=https://www.semana.com/quienes-son-la-familia-char/608494/|access-date=2021-03-25|website=Semana.com|language=es}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atleticojunior.com/junior/resehist.html |title=Reseña Histórica De La C.P.D. Júnior |trans-title=Historical Review of the CDP Junior |language=Spanish |publisher=Junior Barranquilla |accessdate=2010-10-26 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101112210033/http://www.atleticojunior.com/junior/resehist.html |archivedate=12 November 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}
==See also== * José David Name
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Presidents of the Senate of Colombia}}
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