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Ernesto Samper

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Also known as Ernesto Samper Pizano

President of Colombia

Person · Open Library

Works
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Top works

  • Address of the President of the Republic of Colombia, Ernesto Samper Pizano, at the inaugural session of the Eleventh Conference of Heads of State or Government of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries
  • Colombian drugs war
  • Discurso de inauguración
  • El salto social
  • El poder popular

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Colombia
Active from
1985-09-23
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Discography

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Key facts

Vice president
Humberto De la Calle (1994–1996) Carlos Lemos Simmonds (1996–1998)
Preceded by
César Gaviria
Succeeded by
Andrés Pastrana
President
César Gaviria
Born
( 1950-08-03 ) 3 August 1950 (age 75) , Bogotá , Colombia
Party
Liberal
Spouses
Silvia Arbeláez ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1972 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1975 ) ​ Jacquin Strouss Lucena ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1979 ) ​
Children
Andrés Samper Arbeláez Felipe Samper Strouss Miguel Samper Strouss
Alma mater
Pontifical Xavierian University ( Lic , 1973) Columbia University (MA, 1979)
Profession
Economist

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Encyclopedic overview

Ernesto Samper Pizano (born 3 August 1950) is a Colombian politician who served as the President of Colombia from 1994 to 1998. From 2014 to 2017 he served as the Secretary General of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR). He is also a lawyer, economist and academic.

He was involved in the 8000 process scandal, which takes its name from the folio number assigned to it by the chief prosecutor's office. The prosecutor charged that money from the Cali Cartel was funneled into Samper's presidential campaign to gain his success in what would have been a very close race after he failed to win by a majority during the first round (Colombia has 2 rounds of elections, unless the first round yields a majority winner). The Colombian Chamber of Representatives acquitted Samper by a vote of 111 to 43, concluding the process.

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