Halifa Sallah | |
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| Special Advisor to the President on Governance | |
| In office 17 February 2017 – March 2017 | |
| President | Adama Barrow |
| National Assembly Minority Leader | |
| In office 17 January 2002 – 25 January 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Kemesseng Jammeh |
| Succeeded by | Momodou L. K. Sanneh |
| National Assembly Member | |
| Assumed office 6 April 2017 | |
| Constituency | Serekunda |
| In office 17 January 2002 – 25 January 2007 | |
| Succeeded by | Fabakary Jatta |
| Constituency | Serekunda Central |
| Secretary-General of the People's Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism | |
| Assumed office August 1987 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1953 (age 70–71) Serekunda, the Gambia |
| Political party | PDOIS |
| Other political affiliations | NADD Coalition 2016 |
Halifa Sallah (born 1953) is a retired Gambian politician and former National Assembly member for Serrekunda Constituency. He currently serves as the secretary-general of the People's Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS). He served as a spokesman and advisor to President Adama Barrow from during the 2016 presidential election campaign until March 2017.
Sallah co-founded PDOIS in 1986, and was elected as its secretary-general in 1987. He has been a major contributor to Foroyaa, the party's newspaper. He contested elections for the House of Representatives in 1987 and 1992, and was an opposer of the Yahya Jammeh regime. He stood unsuccessfully for the National Assembly in 1997, but was elected in 2002, serving until 2007. During that time, he also served as Minority Leader. Sallah has also served in the Pan-African Parliament, and was the National Alliance for Democracy and Development (NADD)'s candidate for president in the 2006 presidential election, coming third with 6% of the vote.