Isaac Gilinski Sragowicz

Colombian banker and financier (born 1934) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Isaac Gilinski Sragowicz (Hebrew: יצחק גילינסקי; born 19 February 1934)[1] is a Colombian banker and financier. He served as Ambassador of Colombia to Israel from 2010 to 2013.[2][3]

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Isaac Gilinski Sragowicz
יצחק גילינסקי
Colombia Ambassador to Israel
In office
11 January 2010  13 August 2013
PresidentÁlvaro Uribe Vélez
Preceded byJuan Hurtado Cano
Personal details
Born (1934-02-19) 19 February 1934 (age 91)
Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia
Spouse
Perla Bacal Zweiban
(m. 1957)
Children
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Ambassadorship

Gilinski was appointed Ambassador of Colombia to Israel by President Álvaro Uribe Vélez on 28 October 2009 in a ceremony of protocol that took place at the Palace of Nariño; he later presented his Letters of Credence in a ceremony of protocol at Beit HaNassi to the President of Israel, Shimon Peres, on 11 January 2010.[4] Gilinski's brother, Lazar, had also served as Ambassador of Colombia to Israel in the 80's.[5][6]

Personal life

Born Isaac Gilinski Sragowicz on 19 February 1934 in Barranquilla, he is the son of Lithuanian Jewish immigrants who settled in that city from Israel in the 1920s. He is married to Perla Bacal Zweiban since 1957, with whom he had three children: Jaime, Rutie, Tania.[7] His eldest son Jaime is a prominent international banker and one of Colombia's wealthiest men.

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