Yaqub al-Ghussein | |
|---|---|
| يعقوب الغصين | |
 Yaqub al-Ghusayn (Yacoub Bey Ghussein) in 1943, Keeper of the Bustami Shrine | |
| President of theNational Congress of Arab Youth | |
| In office January 1932 – ? | |
| Member of theArab Higher Committee | |
| In office 1936–1937 | |
| Member of theSupreme Muslim Council | |
| In office 1937–? | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1899 Ramla, Palestine |
| Died | 27 December 1948 Jerusalem |
| Political party | Youth Congress Party |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Occupation | Landowner, politician |
Yaqub al-Ghusayn (Arabic:يعقوب الغصين,Ya‘qoub al Ghussein) (1899–1948) was aPalestinian landowner fromRamla and the founder of theYouth Congress Party.
He got his initial education at the Sultani School in Jerusalem from where he graduated in 1917. He later graduated in law from theUniversity of Cambridge, UK. He worked as an inspector at a railway station until theBritish Mandate, before moving to the field of business and agriculture.[1]
He was married to Thuriya Nuseibeh, also a Palestinian noble, and they had 11 children; Talat, Khaled, Abdel-Kareem, Tawfiq, Aida, Khalida, Heya, Motia’a, Khadija,Nuzha and Fatoum.[2]
Ghusayn was member of different youth societies in Palestine before he himself established the Muslim Youth Society in Ramleh in 1927.[1] He was elected president of the firstNational Congress of Arab Youth, held inJaffa in January 1932. He was a member and representative of his party in theArab Higher Committee from its formation in 1936.[3] In 1937 he became a member of theSupreme Muslim Council. On 1 October of the same year he was exiled by the British to theSeychelles Islands for being a member of the Arab Higher Committee.[dubious –discuss] The Arab Higher Committee was outlawed by the British on 27 September 1937, following the assassination of the Acting British District Commissioner ofGalilee,Lewis Yelland Andrews. Ghussein was the first Palestinian leader to be exiled by the British.[citation needed]
He was also a member of the Palestinian delegation to theLondon Conference atSt. James's Palace in February 1939.
Ghusayn reconstituted his faction in 1945. He died inJerusalem on 27 December 1948.
