Raed Arafat

January 4, 2024
Physician

Quick Facts

Raed Arafat
Full Name Raed Arafat
Occupation Physician
Date Of Birth May 24, 1964(1964-05-24)
Age 60
Birthplace Damascus
Country Syria
Birth City Damascus Governorate
Horoscope Taurus

Raed Arafat Biography

Name Raed Arafat
Birthday May 24
Birth Year 1964
Place Of Birth Damascus
Home Town Damascus Governorate
Birth Country Syria
Birth Sign Taurus
Parents Daud Arafat

Raed Arafat is one of the most popular and richest Physician who was born on May 24, 1964 in Damascus, Damascus Governorate, Syria. Arafat was the son of a Nablus-based Palestinian couple. From the age of 14, he was a volunteer in emergency medical care. He emigrated to Romania in 1981 at the age of 14.

His plan to create SMURD as an additional rescue service at county level was approved by the legislature in late 2005. However, Sorin Oprescu, a Social Democratic politician and physician, opposed it. He had also drafted an alternative proposal. Oprescu was brought to the attention by the National Council for Combating Discrimination after he called Arafat “the Ayatollah for Romanian emergency medicine” as well as the emphasis he placed upon the country of origin.

Since August, 2009, he has held the position of Under-Secretary of State for Health. He resigned from this position on January 10, 2012, as he expressed criticism on the health system reform. After a series of protests in several cities, the government announced changes to the reform plan, and Dr Arafat returned to his post as Under-Secretary of State. In late 2012 he was Romanian Minister of Health, then came back to his charge as undersecretary in the same ministry.

He was a first aid instructor and coordinated international lectures in many countries on the subject (including the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, Ireland. He was made a Knight of The National Order of Merit of Romania in 2003 (a Grand Officer since 2005).

Raed Arafat Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Physician
House Living in own house.

Raed Arafat is one of the richest Physician from Syria. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Raed Arafat 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Arafat considered leaving France after the 1989 Revolution. However, his application was denied. He instead focused on Targu Mures, a Targu Mures emergency service that he initially funded with personal funds.

He founded SMURD in 1991. This mobile emergency service began to collaborate with the Romanian firefighting service.

Raed Arafat (Romanian pronunciation: [raˈed araˈfat] , first name also spelled Rayed; born May 24, 1964) is a Syrian-born Romanian intensive care physician of Palestinian origin, specialised in anesthesiology. He founded the Mobile Emergency Service for Resuscitation and Extrication (SMURD) with the help from the Romanian Fire Fighting Brigade represented by Lt.-Col Mircea Pintilie. He was also the coordinator of Mureș County Emergency Services until 23 August 2007, when he was invited to take the position of Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Health to deal with the development of emergency medical care in Romania. He was also, for a short period. the Minister of Health in 7–21 November 2012, serving many years as Under-Secretary of State for Health in the Romanian Government. He accepted the position of Minister of Health just as a temporary position after which he was nominated as State Secretary at the Ministry of Health until 28 January 2014 when he accepted to move as Secretary of State at the Ministry of Internal Affairs to head the newly created Department for Emergency Situations under which all emergency services are coordinated including fire and rescue, civil protection, prehospital medical emergency response, air rescue and emergency departments. He is still serving at the Ministry of Internal Affairs in this position.

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Raed Ranked on the list of most popular Physician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Syria. Raed Arafat celebrates birthday on May 24 of every year.

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