Samira Merai Friaa (born 10 January 1963) is a Tunisian doctor and politician who served as Minister of Public Health from 2016 to 2017.

She attended the technical high school in Medenine and obtained a degree in mathematics and science in 1981.

[1] Merai is a member of the Afek Tounes party and joined its central committee in May 2011.

Merai served as the Chair of the Committee on Women's Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean in 2014.

[2][3][6] On 20 August 2016, she was appointed Minister of Public Health in the cabinet of Youssef Chahed.