Biography

Faxir Hemed Salih Hemed was born in Erbil. In the year 1945, after the collapse of the Second Barzani Revolution (1943-1945), he migrated with his family to East Kurdistan. In the year 1947, after the collapse of the Republic of Kurdistan, he returned to South Kurdistan and lived in exile in the city of Makhmur in Erbil Governorate.

Career

Faxir Hemed Salih Hemed joined the ranks of the Peshmerga in the year 1963. In the year 1965, he became the commander of the Iraqi Communist Party forces in the Korek battle in Erbil Governorate against the Iraqi army and was one of the commanders of the Hendrini Epic against the Iraqi army's operation (Tewkwlna Ela Ellah) in Erbil Governorate. On 1 March 1969, he was one of the commanders of the Babagurgur Operation to attack the Kirkuk Oil Company. In the same year, he was the commander of the liberation of the town of Qaladiza in Sulaymaniyah Governorate from the Iraqi army.

In the year 1969, he was the commander of the Liberation Forces of the Third Army in both Sulaymaniyah and Kirkuk governorates. On 6 November 1969, he supervised the battle of Merge, Mount Asos, and the battle of the Berdeqlsht mountain range in Sulaymaniyah Governorate against the Iraqi army. At the end of the year 1969, he was the commander of the battle of the foothills of Mount Kosret in Erbil Governorate. In the year 1970, he was elected as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) by the representatives of the 8 Congress. In the year 1970, he became the head of the Fourth Branch Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). On 6 August 1970, on behalf of President Mustafa Barzani (1903-1979), he met with Jalal Talabani (1933-2017) in Baghdad and discussed the return of the Ibrahim Ahmed-Jalal Talabani group. In the year 1971, by the leadership of the September Revolution an arrest warrant was issued for him, and he passed away in the year 1975. He knew the Kurdish and Arabic languages well.

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