DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

President Luis Abinader is entrusting 44-year old National District senator Faride Virginia Raful Soriano with one of the toughest jobs in the country. She is appointed Minister of Interior & Police as of the start of Abinader’s second term in government, on 16 August 2024. Her term as a senator ends on 16 August.

In 2021, as a senator, Faride Raful had stated that the National Police should be started from scratch, Listin Diario recalls.

Raful is a former deputy in Congress (PRM 2016-2020). She is also well known in her role as co-host of the Esta Noche con Mariasela TV variety program. She is a lawyer and now will be the first woman to hold the key cabinet position in the Dominican Republic.

She studied Law at the Pontifical Catholic University Madre y Maestra and earned a master’s degree in Telecommunications and Information Technology Law from Carlos III University...