Bashir Barghuthi (Arabic: بشير البرغوثي, 1931–2000) was a Palestinian Communist leader and journalist.
Bashir Barghuthi | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Industry of the Palestinian National Authority | |
| In office June 1996 – 1997 | |
| General Secretary of the Palestinian Communist Party | |
| Assumed office 1982 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1931 Dayr Ghassana, Mandatory Palestine |
| Died | September 9, 2000 |
| Nationality | Palestinian |
| Political party | Palestinian Communist Party |
| Other political affiliations | Palestinian People's Party Jordanian Communist Party National Liberation League in Palestine |
| Alma mater | American University in Cairo |
| Profession | Journalist and Communist Leader |
Background
editBarghouti was born in the village of Dayr Ghassana in the Ramallah Subdistrict.[citation needed]
Career
editLiving in Jordan, he founded the central organ of the Jordanian Communist Party al-Jamahir (The Masses) and joined the General Union of Palestinian Students (GUPS). In 1957 the paper was closed by Jordanian authorities, and Barghouti was incarcerated the Al-Jaffar prison. When freed in 1965, he was refused a journalist license by the Jordanian government, but continued to write under an assumed name. After 1967 he opposed the right of king Hussein of Jordan to speak on behalf of Palestinians.[citation needed]
In 1974 he returned to the West Bank via family reunification, and became a figure of the Jordanian Communist Party there. He founded the newspaper al-Fajr (Dawn), which he edited from 1975 to 1977. In February 1977 there was a political rift between him and Fatah, and Barghouti left his editorship of al-Fajr. In February 1978 he founded the newspaper al-Tali'a (The Vanguard) in Jerusalem.[citation needed]
Barghouti was put in house arrest by the Israelis from August 1980 – 1982. In 1982 the JCP branches in the West Bank were converted into the Palestinian Communist Party. Barghouti became the General Secretary of PCP.[citation needed]
In 1987, after PCP having joined the Palestine Liberation Organization, Barghouti was inducted into the PLO Executive Committee. Barghouti was a figure during the First Palestinian Intifada. He was a figure during the Oslo peace process.[citation needed] In June 1996 he was appointed Minister of Industry in the first Palestinian National Authority government. In 1997 he suffered a severe stroke. He was then appointed Minister of State (a largely symbolic position).[citation needed]
Barghouti died on September 9, 2000.[citation needed]
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