Patricio Samper Gnecco (1 November 1930 – 5 January 2006) was a Colombia architect, urbanist and politician. A former

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and former

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, he also served as Councilman for Bogotá from 1980 until 1990.

Personal life

Patricio was born on 1 November 1930 in

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to Santiago Samper Ortega descendant of the

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and Blanca Gnecco Fallón. He married Beatriz Elvira Salazar Camacho with whom he had eight children, Santiago, Jerónimo, Ana María, Mónica, Fernando, Arturo, Paula, and Guillermo; they later separated. He later remarried to Genoveva Carrasco with whom he had two children, Estefanía and Simón. After the death of his second wife in 1995, he remarried to Maria José de F Rodrigues who survived him after his death on 5 January 2006 in Bogotá. He was a cousin of

Ernesto Samper Pizano Ernesto Samper Pizano (born 3 August 1950) is a Colombian politician. Samper is a member of the influential Samper family. He served as the President of Colombia from 1994 to 1998, representing the Liberal Party. From 2014 to 2017 he served as ...

References

1930 births 2006 deaths People from Bogotá Patricio National University of Colombia alumni Colombian architects Colombian urban planners Ambassadors of Colombia to Bulgaria Ambassadors of Colombia to Israel {{colombia-politician-stub