Faride Raful
Faride Virginia Raful Soriano is a lawyer, politician, and radio and TV presenter from the Dominican Republic. She was elected deputy of the Modern Revolutionary Party for electoral district 1 of the National District.[2]
Faride Raful | |
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Faride Raful in 2018 | |
Deputy for the National District | |
Assumed office 16 August 2016 | |
Personal details | |
Pronunciation | [faˈɾi.ðe raˈful] |
Born | Faride Virginia Raful Soriano October 24, 1979 |
Political party | Modern Revolutionary Party |
Mother | Grey Soriano |
Father | Tony Raful Tejada |
Raful was born in Santo Domingo, to politician and poet Tony Raful Tejada, winner of the 2014 National Prize of Literature, and his wife Grey Soriano.[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]
See also
- Freddy Ginebra
- Geovanny Vicente
- Nuria Piera
- Miguel Franjul
- Samir Saba
- Milagros Germán
- Pedro Henríquez Ureña
- Orlando Martínez Howley
- Tony Dandrades
References
- "Los diputados que ganaron en el Distrito Nacional y 10 provincias" (in Spanish). Hoy. 30 May 2016. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
- 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.
- "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.
- 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.
- "Faride Raful renuncia de Enfoque Final". LaBerny.net. 15 January 2014. Archived from the original on 21 May 2016.
- Moreno, Pilar (28 May 2010). "Candidata PRD impugna en 90 colegios electorales". El Nacional. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
- 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.