Rifat (also

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as Rifaat, ar, رفعت, , a conjugated form of the Arabic verb رفع with the meaning "lifted", "elated", "joyous") is a masculine name. Variants also include

Refat Refat is a unisex given name borne by: * Refat Amin (born 1953), Bangladesh politician, Member of the Bangladesh Parliament (2014–2018) * Refat Appazov (1920–2008), Soviet and Russian rocket scientist of Crimean-Tatar descent * Refat Chubarov ...

, Rafat, Refaat, etc. Notable people with the name include: *

Rifaat al-Assad Rifaat Ali al-Assad ( ar, رِفْعَتُ عَلِيِّ ٱلْأَسَدِ, Rifʿat al-ʾAsad; born 22 August 1937) is the younger brother of the late President of Syria, Hafez Assad, and Jamil al-Assad, and the uncle of the incumbent President ...

, Syrian military personnel and politician *

Rifat Chadirji Rifat Chadirji ( ar, رفعت الجادرجي ''Rifa'a al-Khādarjī'', also Romanized ''Rifa'at Al Chaderchi''; 6 December 1926 – 10 April 2020) was an Iraqi Turkmen architect. He was often referred to as the father of modern Iraqi architect ...

, Iraqi architect and author *

Rıfat Ilgaz Rıfat Ilgaz (7 May 1911 – 7 July 1993) was a Turkish teacher, writer and poet. Biography He was born in Cide, in the Kastamonu Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire (present-day Turkey). Ilgaz was one of Turkey’s best-known and most prolific poets ...

(1911–1993), Turkish poet *

Rifat Mustafin Rifat Rinatovich Mustafin (russian: Рифат Ринатович Мустафин; born 12 August 1983) is a former Russian professional football player. Club career He played two seasons in the Russian Football National League for FC KAMAZ N ...

, Russian footballer *

Rifat Ozbek Rifat Ozbek ( tr, Rıfat Özbek, ; born 1953) is a Turkish-born fashion designer, known for his exotic, ethnically-inspired outfits. He was named British Designer of the Year in 1988 and 1992. Biography Ozbek was born in Istanbul, Turkey and gr ...

, Turkish fashion designer *

Rifaat Turk Rifaat "Jimmy" Turk ( ar, رفعت ترك; he, רפעת טורק, born 16 September 1954) is a retired Arab-Israeli footballer, manager, and a former Deputy Mayor of Tel Aviv. Turk was the first Arab to play for the Israel national team and to r ...

(born 1957), Israeli footballer *

Rifat Zhemaletdinov Rifat Maratovich Zhemaletdinov (russian: Рифат Маратович Жемалетдинов, tt-Cyrl, Рифат Марат улы Җамалетдинов; born 20 September 1996) is a Russian professional football player of Tatar origin w ...

(born 1996), Russian footballer of Tatar origin

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