Bassam as-Salhi

Bassam as-Salhi
Secretary-General of the Palestinian People's Party
Assumed office
2008
Minister for Culture
In office
17 March 2007  14 June 2007
Prime MinisterIsmail Haniyeh
Preceded byAttallah Abul Sabeh
Succeeded byIbrahim Abrash (West Bank)
Member of the Palestinian Legislative Council
Assumed office
18 February 2006
ConstituencyThe Alternative List
Personal details
Born1960 (aged 64–65)
NationalityPalestinian
Political partyPalestinian People's Party
Other political
affiliations
The Alternative
Alma materBirzeit University (BA) (MA)
OccupationPolitician

Bassam as-Salhi (born 1960) is a Palestinian politician and the Secretary-General of the Palestinian People's Party (PPP), a left-wing political party, since 2008. 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 for Culture of the Palestinian National Authority in 2007 during the Second Haniyeh Government.}