Bassam as-Salhi

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 2003.

Early life and education He was elected chairman of the Student Council at Birzeit University from 1979 to 1981 and was a representative for the student movement on the National Guidance Committee. As-Salhi was part of the Palestinian delegation to the International Court of Justice in 2004, where he addressed the Israeli construction of a separation barrier in the occupied West Bank.

As-Salhi ran as the PPP candidate in the 2005 Palestinian Authority presidential elections. In the 2006 Palestinian legislative elections, he was elected as one of two deputies from The Alternative bloc. In 2007, he briefly served as the Minister of Culture in the Palestinian National Unity Government, before the unity government disbanded.

In May 2018, as-Salhi was elected to the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).