Faride Raful Explained
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Alongside3: | Ysabel Jacqueline Ortiz (PLD), José Laluz (PLD), Miriam Cabral (PLD), Sandra Abinader (PLD), Wellington Arnaud Bisonó (PRM)[1] |
Pronunciation: | pronounced as /es/ |
Birth Name: | Faride Virginia Raful Soriano |
Birth Date: | 24 October 1979 |
Mother: | Grey Soriano |
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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.
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]
See also
Notes and References
- News: Los diputados que ganaron en el Distrito Nacional y 10 provincias . Hoy . 30 May 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160816060451/http://hoy.com.do/los-diputados-que-ganaron-en-el-distrito-nacional-y-10-provincias/ . 16 August 2016 . Spanish . live . 24 September 2016.
- News: Reyes Reyes. Ramón. El Congreso tendrá una cara más joven: José Laluz y Faride Raful están entre las nuevas figuras. 20 May 2016. 21 May 2016. Listín Diario. Santo Domingo. Spanish.
- Web site: Tony Raful Tejada: Premio Nacional de Literatura 2014 . 21 May 2016 . Spanish . Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra . Dominicanos Destacados . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160517164846/http://opac.pucmm.edu.do:7001/virtuales/html/dominicanos2/raful/biografia.html . 17 May 2016 . dmy .
- News: Arias . José . Muestras de dolor en el velatorio de Nasco en la Blandino . 15 December 2013 . 7días . dead . https://archive.today/20160521041225/http://www.7dias.com.do/portada/2013/12/15/i153979_muestras-dolor-velatorio-nasco-blandino.html . 21 May 2016 . 24 September 2016 . dmy .
- Web site: Faride Raful renuncia de Enfoque Final . 15 January 2014 . LaBerny.net . https://web.archive.org/web/20160521040919/http://laberny.net/faride-raful-renuncia-de-enfoque-final/ . 21 May 2016.
- News: Moreno . Pilar . Candidata PRD impugna en 90 colegios electorales . 28 May 2010 . 21 May 2010 . El Nacional.
- News: Jiménez . Karina . Jóvenes a los que les apasiona la política . 14 March 2016 . 21 May 2016 . El Caribe . https://web.archive.org/web/20160510032128/http://www.elcaribe.com.do/2016/03/14/jovenes-los-que-les-apasiona-politica . 10 May 2016 . dead .
- Web site: 2020-07-06. Faride Raful, del PRM se mantiene adelante para la senaduría del DN. 2021-03-11. TRANOTICIAS. es.
- Web site: Lachapelle. Anyuly. 2020-07-08. Lista de los senadores y senadoras que ganaron las elecciones Hoy Digital. 2021-03-11. es.
- Web site: Partidos Políticos con Senadores actuales en el Senado de la República. 2021-03-11. es.