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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ernesto
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Colombia
- Place of birth
- Bogotá
- Sibling
- Daniel Samper Pizano
- Occupation
- politician
- Educated at
- Pontifical Xavierian University
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Image
- Ernesto Samper.jpg
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- Ernesto Samper
- date of birth
- 1950-08-03
- candidacy in election
- 1994 Colombian presidential election
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- Ernesto Samper
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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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ernesto Samper” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.