Samir Ghawshah

Samir Ghawshah also spelled Samir Ghosha (, 1937–August 3, 2009), was a Palestinian politician and militia leader. He was the head of the Secretary-General of the Palestinian Popular Struggle Front (PPSF) and member of the Palestine Liberation Organization Executive Committee. Ghawsha also served in the Palestinian National Authority as Minister of Labor and later on Minister of Jerusalem.

Life Ghawshah was born in Jerusalem in 1937 and received his elementary and secondary education there. He obtained a BA in dentistry from the University of Damascus in Syria. He joined the pan-Arabism movement when he was young. After the Palestinian exodus, he co-founded the PPSF and was elected its secretary-general in 1971. He continued to serve as Minister without Portfolio, but from 1999 had no ministerial post. He was present at the Camp David negotiations of 2000 as an adviser to Arafat, and briefly returned as Minister for Jerusalem, formally known as the Orient House Director, in the PNA between late October 2002 and April 2003.

Death Ghawsha died in an Amman hospital on 3 August 2009 at the age of 72 due to complications from cancer. His will was to be buried in Jerusalem but Israel refused it. Instead he was buried in Martyr's Square in al-Bireh. PPSF colleague Ahmed Majdalani succeeded Ghawshah as secretary-general on August 8.