Raed Arafat (, first name also spelled
Rayed; born May 24, 1964) is a
Syrian-born
Romanian intensive care physician of
Palestinian origin. An
anesthesiologist, he is the founder of
Mobile Emergency Service for Resuscitation and Extrication (SMURD), as well as 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 while 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.