Ghazi Aridi

Ghazi Aridi (born 17 October 1954) is a Lebanese politician who has held various cabinet portfolios.

[2] Aridi is a physics teacher by education and worked in a high school in Aley before dealing with politics.

[3] Aridi won the Druze seat of Beirut's third district that was once held by Akram Chehayeb, becoming a member of parliament in 2000.

[14] In the general elections of 2005, Aridi ran for office on Jumblatt's list[15] and won a seat from the third district of Beirut.

[5][17] Aridi won a seat from the third district of Beirut in the 2009 general election as part of the 14 March alliance list.

[18][19] He continued to serve as minister of public works and transportation in the Saad Hariri cabinet from 2009 to 2011.

[9] Aridi published two books: Words in Difficult Times (1992), a collection of his speeches and political comments given to radio Voice of the Mountain and Lebanon: A Big Price for a Small Role (1999), a political analysis of the situation in Lebanon and the Middle East.