Samira Merai

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Samira Merai
Minister of Public Health
In office
27 August 2016 – 12 September 2017
Prime MinisterYoussef Chahed
Preceded bySaid Aidi
Succeeded bySlim Chaker
Minister of Women, Family and Children
In office
2 February 2015 – 27 August 2016
Prime MinisterHabib Essid
Preceded bySaber Bouatay
Succeeded byNéziha Labidi
Personal details
Born (1963-01-10) 10 January 1963 (age 61)
Zarzis, Tunisia
Political partyAfek Tounes (2011–2012)
Republican Party (2012–2013)
Afek Tounes (since 2013)

Samira Merai Friaa (born 10 January 1963) is a Tunisian doctor and politician who served as Minister of Public Health from 2016 to 2017.

Early life and education[edit]

Merai was born on 10 January 1963 in Zarzis. She attended the technical high school in Medenine and obtained a degree in mathematics and science in 1981. She graduated from the Faculty of Medicine in Tunis in 1986, specialising in pulmonology.[1][2]

Career[edit]

Merai began working at the Abderrahmen-Mami Hospital in Aryanah in 1993. In 2003, she was appointed Associate Professor of Respirology at the Faculty of Medicine in Tunis. She is a member of the European Respiratory Society and the American Thoracic Society.[1]

Merai is a member of the Afek Tounes party and joined its central committee in May 2011.[1] She was elected to the Constituent Assembly for the constituency of Medenine on 23 October 2011.[2] On 1 February 2012, she was elected Deputy Speaker of the NCA.[3] After the dissolution of Afek Tounes, she became a member of the Republican Party, but resigned on 10 July 2013.[4] She was not re-elected at the 2014 legislative elections.

Merai served as the Chair of the Committee on Women's Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean in 2014.[5]

On 2 February 2015, Merai was appointed Minister of Women, Family and Children in the government of Prime Minister Habib Essid.[2][3][6] On 20 August 2016, she was appointed Minister of Public Health in the cabinet of Youssef Chahed.[7][8][9]

Personal life[edit]

Merai is married and has three children.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "DOSSIERSBiographie de Samira Merai Friâa, ministre de la Santé publique". Business News (in French). 20 August 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d "Gouvernement Youssef Chahed: Qui est Samira Merai, ministre de la Santé?". Direct Info. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Tunisian minister says more pro-women reform needed". The Arab Weekly. 21 August 2015. Archived from the original on 8 March 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Tunisie-Politique : La députée Samira Merai Friaa quitte le parti Al-Joumhouri". Kapitalis. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  5. ^ Merai=Friaa, Samira (18 August 2014). "Dear Members of the Committee on Women's Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (PA-UfM)" (PDF). PAUfM. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  6. ^ Achouri, Marouen (4 February 2015). "Ennahda joins new government lineup". Al Monitor. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  7. ^ "Samira Merai says "optimistic" about future of Chinese-Tunisian health co-operation". Agence Tunis Afrique Presse. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  8. ^ "Tunisia PM-designate presents unity govt line-up". The Daily Star Lebanon. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  9. ^ Briki, Raouia (31 August 2016). "Notes on Tunisia's New National Unity Government". Project on Middle East Democracy. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
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