Arturo Char Chaljub (born 5 November 1967)[1] is a former Senator of Colombia.

Prior to his appointment he served as First Secretary of the Colombian Embassy in London.

[2] Arturo comes from a well established and influential, Syrian-Arab-Colombian family,[3][4][5] he is a son of Fuad Char Abdala, a Liberal Senator of Colombia and former Minister of Economic Development, and Ambassador of Colombia to Portugal, and his wife Adela Chaljub Char.

Many of his relatives, are shareholders of the Junior Barranquilla, the city's foremost soccer team.

Together, they have five children, Fuad, John, Adela, Arturo and Victoria.