Dr. Raed Arafat is the State Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Romania. Prior to that, he coordinated from 2007 to 2014 the activity of several institutional structures and strategic programmes for emergency situations in the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Dr. Arafat has a wide experience in operational coordination of emergency services and is the founder of Mobile Emergency Service for Resuscitation and Extrication (SMURD), that was established in 1990. Dr. Arafat has a European Master in disaster medicine, is specialized in anesthesia and critical care and is a member of several scientific and professional organizations, author of several books and articles and received awards and merit orders from the Romanian government.