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

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family in

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, the Chouf district, in 1953.

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. Terro also won the same seat in the general elections of 2000. He was on the March 14 alliance’s electoral list in the Chouf district proposed by

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, leader of the Progressive Socialist Party in the 2009 general elections of Lebanon. And Terro won the election. Then he was appointed minister for the displaced to the cabinet led by prime minister

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on 11 June 2011, replacing

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. 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. In other words, Terro is part of the National Struggle Front in the cabinet.

Personal life

Terro is married to Fatima Al Khatib and has two children from his current wife, as well as one from a previous marriage.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Terro, Alaaeddine 1953 births Displaced ministers of Lebanon Living people Lebanese Sunni politicians Members of the Parliament of Lebanon People from Chouf District Progressive Socialist Party politicians People of the Lebanese Civil War