Faride Raful

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Minister of the Interior of the Dominican Republic

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Senate majority leader

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Senator for the National District

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Deputy for the National District

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| alongside4 = Ysabel Jacqueline Ortiz (PLD), José Laluz (PLD), Miriam Cabral (PLD), Sandra Abinader (PLD), Wellington Arnaud Bisonó (PRM){{cite news|title=Los diputados que ganaron en el Distrito Nacional y 10 provincias |url=http://hoy.com.do/los-diputados-que-ganaron-en-el-distrito-nacional-y-10-provincias/ |publisher=Hoy |date=30 May 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816060451/http://hoy.com.do/los-diputados-que-ganaron-en-el-distrito-nacional-y-10-provincias/ |archivedate=16 August 2016 |language=Spanish |url-status=live |accessdate=24 September 2016}}

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Faride Raful ({{IPA|es|faˈɾi.ðe raˈful|}}; full name: Faride Virginia Raful y Soriano de Rodríguez; born 24 October 1979) is a lawyer, politician, and radio and TV presenter from the Dominican Republic. She was the senator of the National District{{Cite news|last=Reyes Reyes|first=Ramón|title=El Congreso tendrá una cara más joven: José Laluz y Faride Raful están entre las nuevas figuras|url=http://www.listindiario.com/la-republica/2016/05/20/419990/el-congreso-tendra-una-cara-mas-joven|date=20 May 2016|accessdate=21 May 2016|newspaper=Listín Diario|location=Santo Domingo|language=Spanish}} and Senate majority leader, and is currently serving as Minister of the Interior.

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.{{Cite web|url=http://opac.pucmm.edu.do:7001/virtuales/html/dominicanos2/raful/biografia.html |title=Tony Raful Tejada: Premio Nacional de Literatura 2014 |accessdate=21 May 2016 |language=Spanish |publisher=Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra |work=Dominicanos Destacados |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160517164846/http://opac.pucmm.edu.do:7001/virtuales/html/dominicanos2/raful/biografia.html |archivedate=17 May 2016 |df=dmy }}

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.{{Cite news |last=Arias |first=José |title=Muestras de dolor en el velatorio de Nasco en la Blandino |url=http://www.7dias.com.do/portada/2013/12/15/i153979_muestras-dolor-velatorio-nasco-blandino.html |date=15 December 2013 |journal=7días |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20160521041225/http://www.7dias.com.do/portada/2013/12/15/i153979_muestras-dolor-velatorio-nasco-blandino.html |archivedate=21 May 2016 |accessdate=24 September 2016 |df=dmy }}{{Cite web |url=http://laberny.net/faride-raful-renuncia-de-enfoque-final/|title=Faride Raful renuncia de Enfoque Final |date=15 January 2014 |publisher=LaBerny.net |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160521040919/http://laberny.net/faride-raful-renuncia-de-enfoque-final/ |archivedate=21 May 2016}}

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.{{Cite news |last=Moreno |first=Pilar |title=Candidata PRD impugna en 90 colegios electorales |url=http://elnacional.com.do/candidata-prd-impugna-en-90-colegios-electorales/ |date=28 May 2010 |accessdate=21 May 2010 |journal=El Nacional}}{{Cite news |last=Jiménez |first=Karina |title=Jóvenes a los que les apasiona la política |url=http://www.elcaribe.com.do/2016/03/14/jovenes-los-que-les-apasiona-politica |date=14 March 2016 |accessdate=21 May 2016 |journal=El Caribe |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160510032128/http://www.elcaribe.com.do/2016/03/14/jovenes-los-que-les-apasiona-politica |archive-date=10 May 2016 |url-status=dead }}

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 People's Force, And Vinicio Castillo of the Social Christian Reformist Party.{{Cite web|date=2020-07-06|title=Faride Raful, del PRM se mantiene adelante para la senaduría del DN|url=https://teleradioamerica.com/2020/07/346058/|access-date=2021-03-11|website=TRANOTICIAS|language=es}}{{Cite web|last=Lachapelle|first=Anyuly|date=2020-07-08|title=Lista de los senadores y senadoras que ganaron las elecciones {{!}} Hoy Digital|url=https://hoy.com.do/lista-de-los-senadores-y-senadoras-que-ganaron-las-elecciones/|access-date=2021-03-11|language=es}} She also became the spokeswoman of her party in the senate.{{Cite web|title=Partidos Políticos con Senadores actuales en el Senado de la República|url=https://www.senadord.gob.do/partidos-politicos/|access-date=2021-03-11|language=es}}