Aridi was again appointed to the same post on 13 June 2011 in the Najib Mikati's cabinet.[22] As a member of the Progressive Socialist Party, he was one of the three ministers appointed the party's leader Walid Jumblatt in the cabinet.[23] In other words, Aridi was part of the National Struggle Front in the cabinet.[24] He resigned from the post in December 2013.[25]