Bashir Barghouti
Bashir Barghuthi | |
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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 |
Bashir Barghuthi (
Background
Barghouti was born in the village of
Career
Living in
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
Barghouti died on September 9, 2000.[citation needed]