PERSON: Mustafa Barghouti

Palestinian National Initiative (PNI)

General Secretary

Mustafa Barghouti (born January 1, 1954) 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.

One source has described him as being born in Bait Rima on the West Bank, although Barghouti himself has said that he was born in Jerusalem.

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