Halifa Sallah
| Halifa Sallah | |
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| Special Advisor to the President on Governance | |
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Assumed office 17 February 2017 |
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| President | Adama Barrow |
| Preceded by | New position |
| National Assembly Minority Leader | |
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In office 17 January 2002 – 25 January 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Kemesseng Jammeh |
| Succeeded by | Momodou L. K. Sanneh |
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National Assembly Member for Serekunda Central |
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In office 17 January 2002 – 25 January 2007 |
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| Succeeded by | Sainey Jaiteh |
| Secretary-General of the People's Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism | |
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Assumed office August 1987 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 1953 (age 63–64) Serekunda, the Gambia |
| Political party | PDOIS |
| Other political affiliations |
NADD Coalition 2016 |
Halifa Sallah (born 1953) is a Gambian politician who is currently a Special Advisor to the President on Governance and the spokesperson for President Adama Barrow's administration. He is also the secretary-general of the People's Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism.
Sallah was a member of the National Assembly representing Serekunda Central from 2002 to 2007, and also concurrently served as Minority Leader. He has also been a member of the Pan-African Parliament and was the National Alliance for Democracy and Development's candidate for President in the 2006 election, coming third with 6% of the vote.
Sallah was born and raised in Serekunda, the Gambia, and was educated in the United States, graduating with a degree in sociology. He returned to the Gambia in 1977 and worked as a social worker in the Social Welfare Department.
After returning from the United States in the late 1970s, Sallah became involved with the People's Movement for Independence against Neo-Colonialism and Capitalism (PMINCC). It is also believed that he was one of the editors of The Voice of the Future newspaper. Along with other PMINCC members, he was arrested in October 1983 and went on trial in 1984 for his involvement in distributing The Voice. He was acquitted but lost his job as a result of the trial.
In 1986, Sallah was one of the founders of the People's Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS). He was elected as its secretary-general in August 1987. He also became a major contributor to its newspaper, Foroyaa, which he co-edited with Sidia Jatta. Sallah contested the Serekunda East constituency in the 1987 and 1992 elections for the House of Representatives, but only won around 10% of the vote. Following Yahya Jammeh's coup in 1994, Sallah and other PDOIS leaders adopted a principled stance in response, with Sallah and Jatta both turning down offers to join the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council. Both men were detained in August 1994 for publishing an edition of Foroyaa despite the ban on political activities. They were put on trial, found guilty, and fined, but resumed publication in November 1994 as a non-partisan newspaper.
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