Bassam Al-Salhi
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Bassam Al-Salhi is a General Secretary of the Palestinian People's Party
Palestinian People's Party
The Palestinian People's Party , founded in 1982 as the Palestinian Communist Party, is a socialist political party in the Palestinian territories and among the Palestinian diaspora....

 and elected member of the Palestinian Legislative Council
Palestinian Legislative Council
The Palestinian Legislative Council, the legislature of the Palestinian Authority, is a unicameral body with 132 members, elected from 16 electoral districts in the West Bank and Gaza...

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He was the party's candidate for President
President
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 of the Palestinian Authority in 2005. He received 2.67% of the vote.

He was one of the two deputies elected from The Alternative
The Alternative (Palestine)
The Alternative was an electoral alliance of several socialist Palestinian groups:*Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine *Palestinian People's Party...

 at the Palestinian legislative election, 2006
Palestinian legislative election, 2006
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In the 2007 so-called "Unity Government" he was appointed Minister for Culture.

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