Fatima Hamroush (Arabic: فاطمة الحمروش) (born 14 February 1959) is an ophthalmologist and Libyan politician. Personal life Born in Benghazi on 14 February 1959, Hamroush moved to Ireland in 1996 and later became an Irish citizen through naturalisation and thereby became a dual Irish-Libyan citizen. She lived in Julianstown, County Meath, Ireland. She has four children, one of whom is the singer-songwriter, Farah Elle. Medical career In February 1983, Hamroush graduated with a medical degree (MB BS) from Garyounis University and in December 1999 became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Hamroush is a member of the Irish College of Ophthalmologists, specialising in glaucoma, medical retina, and neuro-ophthalmology. From 2000, until the 2011 Libyan civil war, Hamroush held the position of consultant ophthalmologist at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, Ireland. From November 2011 to November 2012, Dr Hamroush held the position of the Minister of Health in the Libyan Transitional Government. During her term, Hamroush showed a remarkable intolerance to corruption and, despite the difficult circumstances, was successful in developing the foundations for Libya's national medical services. She returned to Ireland in November, after handing over to the new Minister of Health, Dr Noureddine Doghman. In January 2013, she resumed her public consultant ophthalmologist post in OLLH and her private practice in Drogheda. Political career On 22 November 2011, Hamroush was announced as Libya's first female Health Minister by Prime Minister of Libya Abdurrahim El-Keib. Hamroush is also director of Irish Libyan Emergency Aid. Dr Hamroush is the daughter of Abdullah Hamroush, former colonel and court-martial judge during the kingdom, before the coup in 1969. Her 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. Her father was kept in jail for four years before a court hearing declared him innocent. Dr 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. However, for security reasons, she used the synonym "Alleebeya" الليبية when she published many articles in opposition websites, shared in raising public, local and international awareness of the dictatorial regime and became the co-editor of the opposition website "Libya Almostaqbal" from 2009 to January 2011. She also assisted in funding