Bashir Barghuthi (Arabic: بشير البرغوثي, 1931–2000) was a Palestinian Communist leader and journalist.
[citation needed] Living 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).
[citation needed] In 1974 he returned to the West Bank via family reunification, and became a figure of the Jordanian Communist Party there.
[citation needed] In 1987, after PCP having joined the Palestine Liberation Organization, Barghouti was inducted into the PLO Executive Committee.
[citation needed] In June 1996 he was appointed Minister of Industry in the first Palestinian National Authority government.