Bassam as-Salhi | |
Office: | General Secretary of the Palestinian People's Party |
Office1: | Member of the Palestinian Legislative Council |
Office2: | Minister for Culture |
Term Start2: | 2007 |
Term End2: | ? |
Birth Date: | 1960 |
Nationality: | Palestinian |
Party: | Palestinian People's Party |
Otherparty: | The Alternative |
Occupation: | Politician |
Bassam as-Salhi (Arabic: بسام الصالحي, born 1960) is a General Secretary of the Palestinian People's Party and elected member of the Palestinian Legislative Council.
He was the party's candidate for President of the Palestinian Authority in 2005. He received the fewest votes.[1]
He was one of the two deputies elected from The Alternative at the 2006 Palestinian legislative election.
In the 2007 "Unity Government" he was appointed Minister for Culture for a short period before being discharged.