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
Faride Raful in 2018

Deputy for the National District
Assumed office
16 August 2016 (2016-08-16)
Serving with Ysabel Jacqueline Ortiz (PLD), José Laluz (PLD), Miriam Cabral (PLD), Sandra Abinader (PLD), Wellington Arnaud Bisonó (PRM)[1]
Personal details
Pronunciation[faˈɾi.ðe raˈful]
Born
Faride Virginia Raful Soriano

October 24, 1979
Political partyModern Revolutionary Party
MotherGrey Soriano
FatherTony 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]


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References
  1. "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.
  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.
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