Ricardo Sala Gaitán
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Ricardo Sala Gaitán is a Colombian industrial engineer and politician.
PresidentCésar Gaviria Trujillo
Preceded byLuis Guillermo Giraldo Hurtado
Succeeded byJorge Bendeck Olivella
Ricardo Sala Gaitán | |
|---|---|
| Colombia Ambassador to Germany | |
| In office 27 April 1992 – 27 January 1996 | |
| President | César Gaviria Trujillo |
| Preceded by | Luis Guillermo Giraldo Hurtado |
| Succeeded by | Jorge Bendeck Olivella |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Liberal |
| Spouse | Patricia Eugenia Cárdenas Santa María (divorced) |
| Children | María Paula Sala Cárdenas Ana Daniela Sala Cárdenas Juan Felipe Sala Cárdenas |
| Alma mater | University of the Andes (BSc, ) |
| Profession | Industrial Engineer |
Ambassadorship
On 17 March 1992, President César Gaviria Trujillo designated Sala as Ambassador of Colombia to Germany. Sala presented his Letters of Credence to Richard von Weizsäcker, President of Germany, on 27 April 1992 at the Hammerschmidt Villa.[1] On 27 January 1996, as a result of the public events that surrounded the 8000 Process scandal, Sala resigned his Ambassadorship in protest against the then President of Colombia Ernesto Samper Pizano.[2]
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.[3]