Biography

Haydar Muhammad Amin, was born in the city of Erbil in 1927. In 1946, he took the final stage examination of high school while in prison. In 1953, he obtained a bachelor's degree in the English Department from the College of Education at the University of Baghdad. In 1953, he did not get the opportunity for an appointment due to his Kurdayeti struggle, and he worked in one of the private companies in the city of Baghdad to earn a living. In 1957, he was appointed as a teacher at the Hillah Secondary School. In 1958, after the fall of the monarchy in Iraq, he was transferred to the Erbil Education Directorate and worked there as a teacher. In 1958, he practiced teaching English at the Primary Teachers' Institute in Erbil.

On January 16, 1960, he passed away due to a heart attack in the city of Erbil. On January 22, 1960, the Khabat newspaper, the mouthpiece of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, published the news of his death. Both the Secretary of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Erbil branch of the Kurdistan Teachers Union sent telegrams of condolence to his family. He was fluent in Kurdish, Arabic, and English. 

Struggle Pages 

He participated in the demonstrations in front of the Erbil Governorate building in 1942, demanding the release of the lawyer Awni Yousef (1908-1988) and Dr. Jaafar Muhammad Karim(1910-2000), known as Dr. Jaafar al-Faily, and Hassan Taha Abdulaziz (1915-1999), known as Hassan Katani, who were imprisoned by the Governor of Erbil due to their Kurdayeti struggle. He joined the Kurdistan Democratic Party in 1946. He was imprisoned in 1948, and he took his final high school examinations while in prison and passed them. In 1948, he was accepted into the English Department at the College of Education - University of Baghdad. In 1948, he was a delegate to the leadership of the General Students Union in Iraq (the Lions' Congress) and then a member of the Union's leadership. In 1949, he was imprisoned due to his political activities. In 1953, he was among the founding body of the Kurdistan Students Union, and in 1953, he was a member of the Preparatory Committee for the First Congress of the Kurdistan Students Union. He was elected as a member of the administrative body at the First Congress of the Kurdistan Students Union in 1953, and after a short period, he was appointed as Secretary of the Kurdistan Students Union. In 1953, he was among the founding body and a leading member of the Kurdistan Democratic Youth Union, and in 1959, he became responsible for the Erbil local committee affiliated with the Second Branch Committee of the Unified Kurdistan Democratic Party. 

He held the position of member of the preparatory body for the Fourth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party – Iraq in 1959. In 1959, he was a delegate to the Fourth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party – Iraq in the city of Baghdad. On December 10, 1959, he delivered a speech representing the Kurdistan Democratic Party in front of the Khabat newspaper building in the city of Erbil on the occasion of the recovery of Leader Staff Brigadier General Abd al-Karim Qasim (1914-1963) and his discharge from the hospital, after he survived an assassination attempt by the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party. On August 15-17, 1960, he represented Erbil Governorate at the Second Congress of the Kurdistan Teachers Union (the Second Congress in Shaqlawa). In 1960, he was elected as an alternate member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party by the delegates of the Fifth Congress of the Party. In 1960, he held the position of Secretary of the Erbil branch of the Kurdistan Teachers Union.  

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1- Prepared by: Salah Rashid, Mam Jalal: The Meeting of a Lifetime from Youth to the Presidential Palace, Volume One, (Sulaymaniyah - Karo Printing House - 2017), pp. 40, 65.

2- Saadi Yousef, In Memory of the Militant Haydar Muhammad Amin, Candidate for the Central Committee of the Party, Khabat Newspaper, mouthpiece of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Issue 937, Erbil, Friday, August 13, 1999, p. 7.

3- Shwan Muhammad Amin Taha Khoshnaw, Erbil Between the Years (1958-1963), A Study of the Political Situation, (Erbil - Rojhalat Printing House - 2012), p. 186.

4- Jamal Nabaz, Memoirs of Those Days That Will Never Return, (Sulaymaniyah - Shvan Printing House - 2017), pp. 41, 417-418, 513.

5- Mam Jalal, How Did Khabat Come to Be and How Did It Become the Party's Organ? And How Was It Managed?, Khak Magazine, Issue 55, Fifth Year, Sulaymaniyah, Diler Offset Printing House, January 10, 2002, p. 5.

6- Mam Jalal, The Year of the Students' Congress, Part Five, Khak Magazine, Issue 14, Second Year, Sulaymaniyah, Diler Offset Printing House, August 10, 1998, pp. 6, 8.

7- Professor Haydar Muhammad Amin Passes Away, Khabat (The Struggle) Newspaper, mouthpiece of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Issue 413, Second Year, Baghdad, Monday, January 23, 1961, p. 2.

8- In Memory of the Militant Haydar Muhammad Amin, Candidate for the Central Committee of the Party, Khabat Newspaper, mouthpiece of the Unified Kurdistan Democratic Party, Issue 937, Erbil, Friday, August 13, 1999, p. 7.

9- Saman Karim Mahmoud, Kurdistan Students Union 1953-1975, (Kirkuk - Kirkuk Cultural and Social Association - 2010), pp. 34, 58.

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11- Sadiq Jalizada, A Few Words of Gratitude and Loyalty to the Pure Soul of the Late Haydar Muhammad Amin, Brayati Newspaper, organ of the Unified Kurdistan Democratic Party, Issue 1922, Erbil, Saturday, April 16, 1994, p. 4.

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14- The Passing of Teacher Haydar Muhammad Amin, Roj-i Nwe, Issue 11, First Year, Sulaymaniyah, Kamaran Printing House, February 1960, p. 100.

15- The Fifth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Roj-i Nwe Magazine, Issue Three, First Year, Sulaymaniyah, Kamaran Printing House, June 1960, p. 56.

16- The Second Internal Congress of Kurdish Teachers in Shaqlawa, (Sulaymaniyah - Teachers Union, Sulaymaniyah Branch - Zhin Printing House - 1960), p. 109.

17- In an Exclusive Interview, President Talabani Reveals the Details of the Founding of the (K.S.U.), Khabat-i Qutabiyan Magazine, organ of the Kurdistan Students Union, Issue 109, Erbil, Roxana Printing House, June 2012, p. 9.

18- Mam Jalal, A Militant with Virtuous Qualities, Human Traits, Rare Characteristics, and High Morals, Al-Ittihad Newspaper, the Central Newspaper of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Issue 384, Eighth Year, Sulaymaniyah, Friday, August 5, 2000, p. 3.

19- Mam Jalal, on the occasion of the 46th anniversary of the founding of the Kurdistan Students Union, Al-Ittihad newspaper, the central newspaper of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, issue 306, seventh year, Sulaymaniyah, Friday, February 19, 1999 AD, p. 5.

20- Names of the members of the second internal congress of Kurdish teachers in Shaqlawa, Hataw magazine, issue 184, seventh year, Erbil, Kurdistan Printing House, Wednesday, August 31, 1960 AD, p. 19.

21- Names of the teachers who participated in the second congress of Kurdish teachers in Shaqlawa on August 15-17, 1960, Dengi Kurd newspaper, issue 19, first year, Baghdad, Mahabad Printing House, Monday, August 22, 1960 AD, p. 3.

22- Nawzad Fuad Rashid, A Bouquet of Flowers from the History of the Kurdistan Democratic Youth Union, Volume Two, (Erbil - Secretariat Office - Kurdistan Democratic Youth Union - Welat Printing House - 2018 AD), p. 14.