The academic and politician Dr. Hamid Ahmad Hamid, known as Dr. Hamid Darbandi, joined the Party ranks in 1972, represented the Ninth 1979, Eleventh 1993 and Twelfth 1999 congresses of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, and in 2010 at the Thirteenth Congress was elected a reserve member of the Leadership Council of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.

Biography

Dr. Hamid Darbandi was born in 1956 in Erbil. In 1985 he went to the Czechoslovak Republic for study, and in 1998 obtained a doctorate in international economic relations from Prague University. In 2005 he became head of the Public Relations Office of the Presidency of the Kurdistan Region. He is proficient in Kurdish, Persian, Arabic, Czech, Swedish, and English.

Struggle Record

He joined the Party ranks in 1972, and in 1974 became deputy head of the Balak Regional Committee affiliated with the Erbil branch of the Kurdistan Democratic Youth Union. During (1975-1985), after the collapse of the Aylul Revolution, he was displaced to Iran, and in 1985 went to Czechoslovakia for study.

He represented the Ninth 1979, Eleventh 1993 and Twelfth 1999 congresses of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, and in 2010 at the Thirteenth Congress was elected a reserve member of the Leadership Council of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.

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