Samira Merai
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Samira Merai | |
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| Minister of Public Health | |
| In office 27 August 2016 – 12 September 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Youssef Chahed |
| Preceded by | Said Aidi |
| Succeeded by | Slim Chaker |
| Minister of Women, Family and Children | |
| In office 2 February 2015 – 27 August 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | Habib Essid |
| Preceded by | Saber Bouatay |
| Succeeded by | Néziha Labidi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 January 1963 Zarzis, Tunisia |
| Party | Afek 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.
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]