Hussein Salih was born in the Year 1938 in the village of Mirbaryan in the Bajil sub-district of Akre district. He was a villager and was busy with farming work. His level of education was primary. After the collapse of the Aylul Revolution he became a refugee in the Country of Iran and was settled in the Babak camp, and in the Year 1976 he returned to Kurdistan. Martyr Hussein Salih was married, and his wife's name was Fatima Nasir, and he had five sons and one daughter named Mustafa, Muhammad, Kamal, Jamal, Abdulqadir, and Hana.
Struggle RecordMartyr Hussein Salih became a Peshmerga in the Year 1965 in the Hamrin force of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, at which time Abdulrahim Jasim was the Commander of the force. In the Aylul Revolution he participated in the Battle of Akre, the Battle of Sardaryan, and the Battle of Pirs. After the collapse of the Aylul Revolution he became a refugee in the Country of Iran, and in the Year 1976 he returned to Kurdistan. He was deported by the then-regime of Iraq to southern Iraq and was settled in Diwaniya Governorate, and in the Year 1979 he returned to Erbil Governorate.
In the Year 1980, in the city of Erbil, he became a cadre of the Qandil Martyrs Organization, which was affiliated with the Second Branch of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and Khalid Rasul was the responsible of the organization. At the same time, he became a Peshmerga of the military wing of the Second Branch for Activity inside the city of Erbil and successfully participated in a group of special and important activities inside the city of Erbil.
In the Year 1991, during the popular uprising of the people of Kurdistan, he took up arms and participated in the liberation of Shaqlawa district, Pirman district, and Erbil Governorate. On March 11, 1991, during the liberation of the city of Erbil, while retaking the Army of the People (Jaish al-Sha'abi) sector in Erbil, a bullet hit Hussein Salih's head and he was martyred.
Source:Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Board.