# Rifat

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{{wiktionary|رفعت}}
'''Rifat''' or '''Rifaat''' is both a given name and a surname of Arabic origin ({{langx|ar|رفعت}}). Notable people with the name include:

==Given name==
*[Rifaat al-Assad](/source/Rifaat_al-Assad) (1937–2026), Syrian politician
*[Rifaat Eid](/source/Rifaat_Eid) (born 1977), Lebanese politician
*[Rifaat El-Fanagily](/source/Rifaat_El-Fanagily) (1936–2004), Egyptian footballer
*[Rifaat Garrana](/source/Rifaat_Garrana) (1929–2017), Egyptian composer
*[Rifaat Hussain](/source/Rifaat_Hussain) (1952–2025), Pakistani political scientist, professor, defense analyst and television personality
*[Rifaat el-Mahgoub](/source/Rifaat_el-Mahgoub) (1926–1990), Egyptian politician
*[Rifaat Turk](/source/Rifaat_Turk) (born 1954), Team Israel Olympic footballer, Deputy Mayor of Tel Aviv
*[Rifat Artikov](/source/Rifat_Artikov) (born 1983), Uzbek decathlete
*[Rifat Atun](/source/Rifat_Atun), British physician and academic
*[Rifat Chadirji](/source/Rifat_Chadirji) (1926–2020), Iraqi Turkmen architect
*[Rifat Dedja](/source/Rifat_Dedja), Albanian politician
*[Rifat Hadžiselimović](/source/Rifat_Had%C5%BEiselimovi%C4%87) (born 1944), Bosnian geneticist
*[Rifat Hasan](/source/Rifat_Hasan) (born 1980), Bangladeshi writer and poet
*[Rifat Hoxha](/source/Rifat_Hoxha) (born 1946), Albanian author and historian
*[Rifat Ibërshimi](/source/Rifat_Ib%C3%ABrshimi) (born 1950), Albanian footballer
*[Rifat Jashari](/source/Rifat_Jashari) (born 1946), Kosovar Albanian public figure and patriarch of the Jashari family
*[Rifat Odeh Kassis](/source/Rifat_Odeh_Kassis), Palestinian human rights activist
*[Rifat Kukaj](/source/Rifat_Kukaj) (1938–2005), Kosovar Albanian writer
*[Rifat Latifi](/source/Rifat_Latifi) (born 1955), Kosovar-American surgeon
*[Rifat Mustafin](/source/Rifat_Mustafin) (born 1983), Russian footballer
*[Rifat Ozbek](/source/Rifat_Ozbek) (born 1953), Turkish-British fashion designer
*[Rifat Pradhan](/source/Rifat_Pradhan) (born 1997), Bangladeshi cricketer
*[Rifat Rastoder](/source/Rifat_Rastoder) (1950–2023), Montenegrin politician
*[Rifat Shaykhutdinov](/source/Rifat_Shaykhutdinov) (born 1963), Russian politician
*[Rifat Zhemaletdinov](/source/Rifat_Zhemaletdinov) (born 1996), Russian Tatar footballer

==Surname==
*[Ahmed Rifaat](/source/Ahmed_Rifaat) (1942–2017), Egpytian football coach
*[Ahmed Rifaat (judge)](/source/Ahmed_Rifaat_(judge)), Egyptian judge
*[Ahmad Rifaat Pasha](/source/Ahmad_Rifaat_Pasha) (1825–1858), Egyptian royal
*[Alifa Rifaat](/source/Alifa_Rifaat) (1930–1996), Egyptian author
*[Bilal Rifaat](/source/Bilal_Rifaat) (born 1957), Egyptian fencer
*[Kamal Rifaat](/source/Kamal_Rifaat) (1921–1977), Egyptian military officer and politician
*[Nozad Saleh Rifaat](/source/Nozad_Saleh_Rifaat) (born 1941), Iraqi Kurdish physician and politician
*[Rasheek Rifaat](/source/Rasheek_Rifaat), Canadian electrical engineer

==See also==
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*[Rafat (name)](/source/Rafat_(name))
*[Rahat (disambiguation)](/source/Rahat_(disambiguation))
*[Refaat](/source/Refaat)
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Category:Arabic-language masculine given names
Category:Bosniak given names
Category:Bosnian masculine given names
Category:Turkish masculine given names
Category:Masculine given names

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