Abdulmuhayman Sheikh Suleiman Sheikh Abdulsalam Sheikh Muhammad, known as (Abdulmuhayman Barzani). In 1962, he joined the ranks of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 1973, he was a graduate of the third class of the Kurdistan Democratic Party's cadre training school. In 1975, after the defeat of the September Revolution, he migrated to the country of Iran. In 1979, at the tenth congress, he became a Member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. From September 2, 1992, to August 3, 1994, he served as the Governor of Erbil in the first cabinet of the Kurdistan Regional Government. In 1994, he became a Member of the Command and Administrative Officer of the Kurdistan Army (Felek). In 1999, at the twelfth congress, he became a Reserve Member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 2001, in the fourth cabinet, he became a Minister of State. In 2003, he became the Minister of Municipalities in an acting capacity. In 2010, at the thirteenth congress, he was elected as a Member of the Leadership Council of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 2010, due to his participation in the September Revolution, Gulan Revolution, the uprising of South Kurdistan, and the phase of governance, he was awarded the Medal of the Immortal Barzani by President Masoud Barzani as the first member of the Barzani family.

Biography

Abdulmuhayman Barzani was born on July 15, 1945, in the city of Erbil. He is from the family of the sheikhs of the Barzan tekke, followers of Mawlana Khalid al-Naqshbandi (1779 - 1827), and is the son of Sheikh Suleiman Sheikh Abdulsalam the Second of Barzani, who was one of the companions on Barzani's journey to the Soviet Union in 1947. He was a member of the Leadership of South - East Kurdistan (Baku Conference). In 1945, after the defeat of the second Barzan Revolution (1943 - 1945), when Abdulmuhayman Barzani was a small infant, he migrated with his family to East Kurdistan. In 1947, after the defeat of the Republic of Kurdistan, he returned with his family to South Kurdistan, to the city of Karbala in Iraq, and was later exiled and removed to the city of Basra in South Iraq and then to the city of Baghdad. He is a graduate of the third stage of middle school. In 1958, in the city of Baghdad, he was among those welcoming President Mustafa Barzani who was returning to the homeland from the Soviet Union.

Work History

Abdulmuhayman Barzani joined the ranks of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in 1962. In 1968, he joined the ranks of the Peshmerga forces of the September Revolution and served as a writer at the Barzani Headquarters. In 1973, he was a graduate of the third class of the Kurdistan Democratic Party's cadre training school in the Balekayati area, which is under the jurisdiction of Erbil province. In 1973, he was a commander in the Battle of Mount Piris on the border of Erbil province against the ground force attack of the Iraqi army. In 1974, he commanded the Battle of Spilke on the border of Erbil province. In 1974, he was the official in charge of the Kurdistan Democratic Party's relations with the purpose of obtaining permission to cross the border with the officials of the country of Iran. In 1975, after the defeat of the September Revolution, he migrated to Iran. In the years (1975 - 1976), he was a member of the Committee for Registration and Cooperation with Refugees of South Kurdistan in Iran, located in the city of Karaj. In 1976, he supervised postal affairs and the sending of armed groups, cadres, and money to the provisional leadership of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 1979, he was a representative at the ninth congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 1983, his brothers Abdulbari Abdulsalam and Misbah Abdulsalam were disappeared and lost during the Anfal campaign against the Barzanis.

 

On July 16, 1985, he was appointed as a member of the relations department of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. On November 14, 1985, he was appointed as a member of the military department of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 1987, he was one of the commanders of the Battle of Mergasor on the border of Erbil province against the Iraqi army. At the beginning of February 1988, he was the official in charge of the committee for distributing salaries to the Peshmerga of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 1988, representing the Kurdistan Democratic Party, he participated in planning the liberation of Sharezur from the hands of the Iraqi army. On September 24, 1988, he was appointed by the political bureau as the official in charge of the committee for the establishment and supervision of refugees. In 1989, at the tenth congress, he became a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. On January 13, 1990, he was appointed as the official in charge of the committee for Iran's relations with the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 1991, during the uprising of South Kurdistan, he was the commander for the liberation of Haji Omaran up to Soran. In 1991, he was the official in charge of the Kurdistan Democratic Party's coordination in Erbil.

 

From September 2, 1992, to August 3, 1994, he served as the Governor of Erbil in the first cabinet of the Kurdistan Regional Government. In 1993, he was a representative at the eleventh congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Unified. On Tuesday, October 5, 1993, he was the official in charge of the committee for bringing the remains of President Mustafa Barzani (1903 - 1979) and Idris Barzani (1944 - 1987) from the Islamic Republic of Iran to their homeland in the village of Barzan. At the end of March 1994, due to the unrest in the city of Erbil regarding the road and the obstruction by some political parties, he submitted his resignation from the post of Governor of Erbil to the Minister of Interior of the Kurdistan Regional Government as an expression of protest. In 1994, he was the administrative official of the Kurdistan military commander (Felek) and a member of the command of (Felek). In the middle of October 1994, with the delegation of President Masoud Barzani there, at the invitation of Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, he visited the city of Tehran. In 1999, at the twelfth congress, he became an alternate member of the central committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. On August 15, 2001, in the fourth cabinet, he became Minister of State. In 2002, he became Acting Minister of Municipalities. On Wednesday, December 15, 2004, with the aim of strengthening bilateral relations, at the invitation of the Communist Party of China, he visited the city of Beijing. On Sunday, January 9, 2005, as a Delegate of President Masoud Barzani he participated in the funeral ceremony of Bishop Yaqub Sher, Head of the Chaldean Archdiocese in the city of Erbil. On October 17, 2005, he participated in the official ceremony for the reception of the remains of 500 Anfal victims from Barzan in the city of Erbil. On Thursday, December 16, 2010, at the thirteenth congress, he was elected by the congress delegates with 592 votes, ranking 42nd, as a member of the leadership council of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 2022, at the fourteenth congress, he was elected as a member of the central committee, and in the first meeting of the leadership committee, he was elected as a member of the political bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 2010, due to his participation in the September Revolution, the May Revolution, the uprising of South Kurdistan, and the sovereignty phase, by President Masoud Barzani he received the Immortal Barzani medal as the first member of the Barzani family. He is proficient in Kurdish, Arabic, Turkish, and Persian languages.

Source:

1- Archive of the Encyclopedia Board of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.