1. Faris Al-Rawi was the former Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago from 2015 to 2022.
12 Facts About Faris Al-Rawi
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Faris Al-Rawi is a Member of the House of Representatives for the constituency of San Fernando West.
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Faris Al-Rawi is the son of Husam Al-Rawi and Diane Seukeran.
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Faris Al-Rawi's father is a Muslim Iraqi Arab, while his mother, a Presbyterian Indo-Trinidadian, represented the San Fernando West constituency in Parliament.
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Faris Al-Rawi has described himself as "the son of an Iraqi Muslim man and a Trinidadian Presbyterian woman and a Hindu [maternal] grandfather".
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Faris Al-Rawi is married to Mona Nahous who is a Catholic of Arab descent.
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Faris Al-Rawi has said he has fasted for Divali, Ramadan, and Lent and calls himself a "child of God" when asked what his religion was.
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Faris Al-Rawi has said he has never eaten pork and that alcohol is not for him.
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Faris Al-Rawi served as an Alderman in the Port of Spain City Corporation between 2003 and 2006 and was appointed an Opposition Senator in 2010.
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Faris Al-Rawi contested San Fernando West constituency in the 2015 General Election, beating Raziah Ahmed of the United National Congress.
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In October 2016 Faris Al-Rawi's children were photographed in possession of high powered military grade assault rifles.
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Faris Al-Rawi responded that they were receiving training from the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force in response to unreported death threats.