Faride Raful (; full name: Faride Virginia Raful y Soriano de Rodríguez; born 24 October 1979) is a lawyer, politician, and radio and TV presenter from the

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. She was the senator of the National District and

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, and is currently serving as

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Raful was born in

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, 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. She studied law at the

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; she obtained a master's degree in telecommunications law and information technology at

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. She has also studied at the

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and the University of Andes. 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

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. 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.

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. She also became the spokeswoman of her party in the

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Life and career

Senator for the National District

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