Patricio Samper Gnecco

• Name — Patricio Samper Gnecco • Ambassador From — Colombia • Country — Israel • Term Start — 1993 • Term End — 2 May 2001 • Predecessor — Alfonso Valdivieso Sarmiento • Successor — David de La Rosa Pérez • President — César Gaviria Trujillo • Ambassador From2 — Colombia • Country2 — Bulgaria • Term Start2 — 1992 • Term End2 — 1993 • Predecessor2 — Evelio Ramírez Martínez • President2 — Andrés Pastrana Arango • Born — 1 November 1930 • Birthplace — Bogotá, D.C., Colombia • Died — 5 January 2006 • Place of death — Bogotá, D.C., Colombia • Party — New Liberalism • Spouse — Beatriz Elvira Salazar Camacho (-1984) Genoveva Carrasco (-1995) Maria José de F. Rodrigues (-2006) • Relations — Armando Samper Gnecco (brother) Ernesto Samper Pizano (cousin) Cristián T. Samper Kutschbach (nephew) • Children — Fernando Samper Salazar Santiago Samper Salazar Jerónimo Samper Salazar Ana María Samper Salazar Mónica Samper Salazar Arturo Samper Salazar Paula Samper Salazar Guillermo Samper Salazar Estefanía Samper Carrasco Simón Samper Carrasco • Alma Mater — National University of Colombia (BArch) • Occupation — Architect Patricio Samper Gnecco (1 November 1930 – 5 January 2006) was a Colombia architect, urbanist and politician. A former Ambassador of Colombia to Israel and former Ambassador of Colombia to Bulgaria, he also served as Councilman for Bogotá from 1980 until 1990.

Patricio was born on 1 November 1930 in Bogotá to Santiago Samper Ortega descendant of the O'Donnell dynasty 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