Talal Arslan

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Talal Arslan (Arabic: طلال أرسلان‎) (June 12, 1963- ) is a Lebanese politician and the head of the mostly Druze Lebanese Democratic Party. He was born in Chouweifat to the late Druze leader Magid Arslan. Arslan has a bachelor's degree in political science from George Washington University and a master's degree in from the American University of Beirut.^[1]

He served as the deputy of the Aley District in 1991, 1992, 1996 and 2000. From 1990 to 1992 he was the Lebanese Minister of Tourism, from 1996 to 1998 he was Minister of Emigrants and was appointed Minister of State twice from 2000 to 2003 and from 2003 to 2004. Arslan founded the Lebanese Democratic Party in 2001.^[1]