Ricardo Sala Gaitán is a Colombian

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and politician.

Ambassadorship

On 17 March 1992,

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designated Sala as Ambassador of Colombia to Germany. Sala presented his

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, on 27 April 1992 at the

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. On 27 January 1996, as a result of the public events that surrounded the

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scandal, Sala resigned his Ambassadorship in protest against the then President of Colombia

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Personal life

He married. and later divorced, Patricia Eugenia Cárdenas Santa María with whom he had three children: María Paula, Ana Daniela, and Juan Felipe.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sala Gaitan, Ricardo Year of birth unknown University of Los Andes (Colombia) alumni Colombian industrial engineers Colombian Liberal Party politicians Ambassadors of Colombia to Germany