1. Fatima Hamroush was born on 14 February 1959 and is an ophthalmologist and Libyan politician.
19 Facts About Fatima Hamroush
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Fatima Hamroush has four children, one of whom is the singer-songwriter, Farah Elle.
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In February 1983, Fatima Hamroush graduated with a medical degree from Garyounis University and in December 1999 became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
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Fatima Hamroush is a member of the Irish College of Ophthalmologists, specialising in glaucoma, medical retina, and neuro-ophthalmology.
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From 2000, until the 2011 Libyan civil war, Fatima Hamroush held the position of consultant ophthalmologist at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, Ireland.
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From November 2011 to November 2012, Dr Fatima Hamroush held the position of the Minister of Health in the Libyan Transitional Government.
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On 22 November 2011, Fatima Hamroush was announced as Libya's first female Health Minister by Prime Minister of Libya Abdurrahim El-Keib.
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Dr Fatima Hamroush is the daughter of Abdullah Fatima Hamroush, former colonel and court-martial judge during the kingdom, before the coup in 1969.
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Fatima Hamroush's father was jailed on the night of the coup in an act of revenge for imprisoning Gaddafi in 1967 after being charged with torturing a soldier during a training session.
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Fatima Hamroush's father was kept in jail for four years before a court hearing declared him innocent.
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Dr Fatima Hamroush opposed the Gaddafi regime and became a well-known and active member of the Libyan opposition from 2008, where she collaborated with many members of the Libyan opposition abroad and inside Libya.
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Fatima Hamroush assisted in funding demonstrations worldwide in support of the Libyan people's struggle against the Gaddafi regime.
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Fatima Hamroush's identity was revealed at the onset of 17 February 2011 revolution, when she raised the Libyan tricolour flag in front of the GPO in Dublin's city centre.
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Fatima Hamroush was witnessed as the first person to raise the flag in the Republic of Ireland.
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In September 2011, upon the request of the executive office of the National Transitional Council, Dr Fatima Hamroush formed the Libyan Health Office Of Ireland to assist in the treatment of the war wounded and difficult medical cases whose treatment was unavailable in Libya.
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Fatima Hamroush was quoted that the office was formed to assist in recruiting medical specialists to Libya and improve medical training with the aim of nationalising treatment.
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In November 2011, Dr Fatima Hamroush was named as the Minister of Health for Libya in the Transitional Government, made up of 24 ministers, two of whom were women, a Prime Minister and three deputies.
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Dr Fatima Hamroush held office from 2 December 2011 until early November 2012.
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From March 2012 to August, Dr Fatima Hamroush became involved in a controversy when blocking major corruption within the war wounded treatment program, which was directed by a separate department outside of the Ministry of Health.