David Char Navas
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David Char Navas is a Colombian
politician who served as Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia
from 2002 to 2006 and as Senator of Colombia from 2006 to 2008. He was forced to resign to his seat in the Senate due to controversies surrounding two incidents for which he was being investigated, the first related to a city contract that his company Los Ángeles Ltd signed with the then Mayor of Barranquilla Bernardo Hoyos Montoya; the second came to surface after his name appeared in a seized computed of Jorge 40, a guerilla leader of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia
.
and Alejandro Char Chaljub
, all politicians from the Atlántico Department
. His family are the majority shareholders of the Junior Barranquilla, the city's foremost soccer team, and founders of Olimpica S.A., a chain of supermarkets in Colombia.
Colombian people
Colombian people are from a multiethnic Spanish speaking nation in South America called Colombia. Colombians are predominantly Roman Catholic and are a mixture of Europeans, Africans, and Amerindians.-Demography:...
politician who served as Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia
Chamber of Representatives of Colombia
The Chamber of Representatives is the lower house of the Congress of Colombia.The Chamber has 166 elected members for four-year terms.-How the Chamber is elected:...
from 2002 to 2006 and as Senator of Colombia from 2006 to 2008. He was forced to resign to his seat in the Senate due to controversies surrounding two incidents for which he was being investigated, the first related to a city contract that his company Los Ángeles Ltd signed with the then Mayor of Barranquilla Bernardo Hoyos Montoya; the second came to surface after his name appeared in a seized computed of Jorge 40, a guerilla leader of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia
United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia
The United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia was created as an umbrella organization of regional far-right...
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Family
David comes from a well established and influential, Arab-Colombian family, he is the son of Habib Char Abdala and Vivian Navas. He is the nephew of Fuad Char Abdala, and cousin of ArturoArturo Char Chaljub
Arturo Char Chaljub is a former Senator of Colombia. Prior to his appointment he served as First Secretary of the Colombian Embassy in London.-Family:...
and Alejandro Char Chaljub
Alejandro Char Chaljub
Alejandro "Álex" Char Chaljub is the current Mayor of Barranquilla. A Civil Engineer and a politician with the Radical Change Party, he ran in 2000 for the Governorship of the Department of Atlántico, but initial ballot results gave victory to his contender Ventura Díaz Mejía...
, all politicians from the Atlántico Department
Atlántico Department
Atlántico is a department of Colombia, located in northern Colombia with the Caribbean sea to its north, the Bolívar Department to its south, and the Magdalena Department to its east separated by the Magdalena River...
. His family are the majority shareholders of the Junior Barranquilla, the city's foremost soccer team, and founders of Olimpica S.A., a chain of supermarkets in Colombia.