Alaaeddine Terro

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Alaaeddine Terro
Minister for the Displaced
Assumed office
13 June 2011
Prime Minister Najib Mikati
Preceded by Akram Chehayeb
Personal details
Born 1953 (age 70–71)
Barja
Nationality Lebanese
Political party Progressive Socialist Party
Spouse(s) Fatima Al Khatib
Children Two
Religion Islam

Alaaddine Terro (born 1953) is a Lebanese politician who is a member of the Progressive Socialist Party and minister for the displaced.

Early life

Terro was born into a Sunni Muslim family in Barja, the Chouf district, in 1953.[1]

Career

Terro joined the Progressive Socialist Party in 1975. He firstly won a seat from the Chouf district, the fourth district of north Lebanon, in the general elections held in 1992. He also joined the Democratic Gathering bloc in 1992 and has been part of it since then.[2] Terro also won the same seat in the general elections of 2000.[3] He was on the March 14 alliance’s electoral list in the Chouf district proposed by Walid Jumblatt, leader of the Progressive Socialist Party in the 2009 general elections of Lebanon.[4] And Terro won the election.[5] Then he was appointed minister for the displaced to the cabinet led by prime minister Najib Mikati on 11 June 2011, replacing Akram Chehayeb.[6][7][8] As a member of the Progressive Socialist Party, he is one of the three ministers appointed by the party's leader Walid Jumblatt to the cabinet.[1] In other words, Terro is part of the National Struggle Front in the cabinet.[9]

Personal life

Terro is married to Fatima Al Khatib and has two children.

References

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Political offices
Preceded by Minister for the Displaced
2011
Succeeded by
Incumbent