Faride Raful

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Faride Raful
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Faride Raful in 2018
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Minister of the Interior of the Dominican Republic
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31 July 2024 (2024-07-31)

Faride Virginia Raful Soriano is a lawyer, politician, and radio and TV presenter from the Dominican Republic. She is the current senator of the National District. [2] She also serves as senate majority leader.

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Life and career

Raful was born in Santo Domingo, to politician and poet Tony Raful (of Lebanese descent), winner of the 2014 Dominican Prize of Literature, and his wife Grey Soriano, a lawyer and political scientist. [3]

She studied law at the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra; she obtained a master's degree in telecommunications law and information technology at Charles III University of Madrid. She has also studied at the University of Salamanca and the University of Andes. [4] [5]

In radio Raful has worked as radio host and producer in Sin Tacones Ni Corbatas in 95.7FM La Nota and in Voces Propias of Z101. In television she worked as a TV host at NCDN.

In the 2010 congressional election Raful was a Dominican Revolutionary Party candidate for deputy of the National District, but lost. Six years later, she ran again for deputy, this time for the Modern Revolutionary Party, winning a seat in the lower house of the Dominican Congress. [6] [7]

Senator for the National District

In the 2020 Dominican General Election, Raful was elected as the senator for the National District, beating Rafael Paz of the Dominican Liberation Party, And Vinicio Castillo of the Social Christian Reformist Party. [8] [9] She also became the spokeswoman of her party in the senate. [10]

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  2. ↑ Reyes Reyes, Ramón (20 May 2016). "El Congreso tendrá una cara más joven: José Laluz y Faride Raful están entre las nuevas figuras". Listín Diario (in Spanish). Santo Domingo . Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Tony Raful Tejada: Premio Nacional de Literatura 2014". Dominicanos Destacados (in Spanish). Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra. Archived from the original on 17 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  4. ↑ Arias, José (15 December 2013). "Muestras de dolor en el velatorio de Nasco en la Blandino". 7días. Archived from the original on 21 May 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "Faride Raful renuncia de Enfoque Final". LaBerny.net. 15 January 2014. Archived from the original on 21 May 2016.
  6. ↑ Moreno, Pilar (28 May 2010). "Candidata PRD impugna en 90 colegios electorales". El Nacional. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
  7. ↑ Jiménez, Karina (14 March 2016). "Jóvenes a los que les apasiona la política". El Caribe. Archived from the original on 10 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  8. ↑ "Faride Raful, del PRM se mantiene adelante para la senaduría del DN". TRANOTICIAS (in Spanish). 6 July 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  9. ↑ Lachapelle, Anyuly (8 July 2020). "Lista de los senadores y senadoras que ganaron las elecciones | Hoy Digital" (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  10. ↑ "Partidos Políticos con Senadores actuales en el Senado de la República" (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 March 2021.
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