Mustafa Barghouti

Mustafa Barghouti
Barghouti participating in a virtual HowlRound Theatre Commons panel in 2024
Barghouti in 2024
Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative
Assumed office
17 June 2002
Preceded byPosition established
Personal details
Born (1954-01-01) 1 January 1954 (age 71)
Jerusalem
Political partyPalestinian National Initiative (co-founder)
Other political
affiliations
Palestinian People's Party (until 2002)

Mustafa Barghouti (Arabic: مصطفى البرغوثي; born 1 January 1954; Arabic pronunciation: [musˤ.tˤafa ʔal.'bar.ɣuːθiː]) is a Palestinian physician, activist, and politician who serves as General Secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative (PNI), also known as al-Mubadara.

He has been a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council since 2006 and is also a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Central Council.

In 2007 Barghouti was Minister of Information in the Palestinian unity government. He is an advocate of the use of non-violence and civil disobedience to confront Israel's illegal occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem.


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