Ernesto Samper

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Ernesto Samper is a Colombian politician who served as President of Colombia from 1994 to 1998 and is known for the major drug-financing scandal that tainted his administration.

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instanceOf Colombian politician
economist
human
associatedWith Cali Cartel scandal
birthCountry Colombia NERFINISHED
birthDate 1950-08-03
birthPlace Bogotá NERFINISHED
continentOfCitizenship South America
countryOfCitizenship Colombia NERFINISHED
education Pontifical Xavierian University NERFINISHED
familyName Pizano NERFINISHED
Samper NERFINISHED
fieldOfStudy economics
givenName Ernesto NERFINISHED
hasChild Felipe Samper NERFINISHED
Miguel Samper NERFINISHED
hasSignature signature of Ernesto Samper
ideology liberalism
investigatedBy Colombian Congress NERFINISHED
involvedIn Colombian peace process efforts in the 1990s
knownFor controversial relations with the United States during his presidency
strained U.S.–Colombia diplomatic relations due to drug-financing scandal
languageSpoken Spanish
memberOfPoliticalParty Colombian Liberal Party NERFINISHED
name Ernesto Samper Pizano NERFINISHED
notableFor 1994 Colombian presidential campaign financing scandal
allegations of Cali Cartel funding of his presidential campaign
notableWork political reforms during his presidency
occupation economist
politician
officeEnd 1998-08-07
officeStart 1994-08-07
positionHeld Ambassador of Colombia to Spain
Minister of Economic Development of Colombia
President of Colombia
Secretary General of UNASUR NERFINISHED
Senator of Colombia
precededBy César Gaviria NERFINISHED
presidentialTerm 1994–1998
regionOfActivity Latin America NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Bogotá NERFINISHED
servedAs Secretary General of the Union of South American Nations
spouse Jacquin Strouss Lucena NERFINISHED
subjectOf Proceso 8.000 NERFINISHED
succeededBy Andrés Pastrana Arango NERFINISHED
termEndAsSecretaryGeneralOfUNASUR 2017
termStartAsSecretaryGeneralOfUNASUR 2014

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César Gaviria succeededBy Ernesto Samper