His Excellency Ernesto Samper Pizano
29th President of Colombia
In office 7 August 1994  ( 1994-08-07 )  ? 7 August 1998  ( 1998-08-07 )
Vice President	Humberto De la Calle Lombana (1994-1996) Carlos Lemos Simmonds (1996-1998)
Preceded by	Cesar Gaviria Trujillo
Succeeded by	Andres Pastrana Arango
4th Secretary General of the Union of South American Nations
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 August 2014  ( 2014-08-01 )
Preceded by	Ali Rodriguez Araque
17th Secretary General of Non-Aligned Movement
In office 18 October 1995  ( 1995-10-18 )  ? 7 August 1998  ( 1998-08-07 )
Preceded by	Suharto
Succeeded by	Andres Pastrana Arango
Colombia Ambassador to Spain
In office 1991  ( 1991 ) ?1993  ( 1993 )
President	Cesar Gaviria Trujillo
Preceded by	William Jaramillo Gomez
Succeeded by	Maria Emma Mejia Velez
1st Minister of Economic Development of Colombia
In office 7 August 1990  ( 1990-08-07 )  ? 28 October 1991  ( 1991-10-28 )
President	Cesar Gaviria Trujillo
Succeeded by	Jorge Ospina Sardi
Senator of Colombia
In office 20 July 1986  ( 1986-07-20 )  ? 20 July 1990  ( 1990-07-20 )
Personal details
Born	( 1950-08-03 ) 3 August 1950 (age 73) Bogota, D.C. , Colombia
Nationality	Colombian
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	Silvia Arbelaez (1972?1975) Jacquin Strouss Lucena (1979?present)
Children	Andres Samper Arbelaez Felipe Samper Strouss Miguel Samper Strouss
Alma mater	Pontifical Xavierian University ( Lic , 1973) Columbia University (BA, 1979)
Profession	Economist

Ernesto Samper Pizano (born 3 August 1950) ^[1] is a Colombian politician. He served as the 29th President of Colombia from 1994 to 1998, representing the Liberal Party .

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• Biography by Fundacion CIDOB Archived 2014-11-29 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)

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