José Antonio Name Terán (5 February 1936 – 5 September 2011) was a lawyer and former
Senator of Colombia
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. Considered a
Liberal caudillo
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, he was one of the longest serving senators in
Congress
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and one of the most influential politicians of the
Caribbean Region of Colombia
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, Member of the
Chamber of Representatives, and a Deputy to the Atlántico Departmental Assembly.
In 2007 Name ran for
Governor of Atlántico as a
Party of the U candidate, obtaining 213,270 votes (28.76% of the total) during the
Colombian regional elections, but lost against
Eduardo Verano De la Rosa.
Personal life
He died in Bogotá, D.C., on 5 September 2011
of a prolonged
respiratory tract infection
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.
See also
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Fuad Ricardo Char Abdala
Fuad Ricardo Char Abdala (born 5 October 1937) is a Senator of Colombia serving his fifth term in Congress, albeit not all consecutively. He is the founder of .
Family
Fuad was the son of Ricardo Char Zaslawy, an immigrant from Lebanon who ar ...
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Roberto Gerlein Echeverría
References
1936 births
2011 deaths
People from Sincelejo
Colombian people of Lebanese descent
Jose Antonio
20th-century Colombian lawyers
Members of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia
Colombian Ministers of Labour and Social Protection
Members of the Senate of Colombia
Social Party of National Unity politicians
20th-century Colombian politicians
21st-century Colombian politicians
University of Atlántico alumni
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