Bassam as-Salhi

Bassam as-Salhi
بسام الصالحي
Secretary-General of the Palestinian People's Party
Assumed office
2003
Preceded byHannah Amireh, Abdel Majid Hamadan, Mustafa Barghouti
Minister of Culture
In office
17 March 2007 – 14 June 2007
Prime MinisterIsmail Haniyeh
Preceded byAttallah Abul Sabeh
Succeeded byIbrahim Abrash
Member of the Palestinian Legislative Council
Assumed office
18 February 2006
ConstituencyThe Alternative List
Personal details
Born1960 (age 65–66)
PartyPalestinian People's Party
Other political
affiliations
The Alternative
Alma materBirzeit University (BA, MA)
OccupationPolitician
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Bassam as-Salhi (Arabic: بسام الصالحي; born 1960) is a Palestinian politician and the Secretary-General of the Palestinian People's Party (PPP), a left-wing political party, since 2003. Born in the Al-Am'ari Refugee Camp near Ramallah to a family originally from Lydda, as-Salhi was elected to the Palestinian Legislative Council in the 2006 general election through the party-list of The Alternative. He briefly served as Minister of Culture of the Palestinian National Authority in 2007 during the Second Haniyeh Government.