Rifat Latifi (born 1955) is a Kosovar Albanian–American surgeon and former Minister of Health of Kosovo.
Latifi was born in Kllodernica, Skenderaj, and completed secondary education in Pristina. He received his MD degree from the University of Prishtina in 1982 and emigrated to the United States later that year.
He initially worked as a researcher in Houston, Texas, then completed his residency in surgery at the University of Cleveland and Yale University. He completed a fellowship in traumatology and surgical critical care at the New York College of Medicine.
Latifi has worked with clinical centers in Texas, Philadelphia, New York, Qatar, and Arizona. He has taught at the University of Arizona and served as president of the Arizona Chapter of the American College of Surgeons. He pioneered telemedicine in Kosovo and Albania, and authored tens of articles published in scientific journals.[1]
He was appointed minister of health in the second Kurti government on 16 November 2021.[2] He resigned on 6 October 2022.[3]
^"Rifat Latifi – Biografia". Gazeta Shëndeti. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
^"Ministri i ri i Shëndetësisë, Latifi: Do të ndalim largimin e trurit nga vendi". 16 November 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
^Ramaj, Saranda (6 October 2022). "Jep dorëheqje ministri i Shëndetësisë, Rifat Latifi". Koha.net. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
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called Marko Paşa (pronounced "Marco Pasha"), together with Aziz Nesin and Rıfat Ilgaz. In the period between 1941 and 1944 he was among the directors of...
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Imadaddin Nasimi İbrahim Şinasi İsa Necati Katib Çelebi Kınalızâde Hasan Çelebi Latifî Mehmet Emin Yurdakul Mercimek Ahmed Mesihi Mihri Hatun Muallim Naci Namık...
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