Masoud Mustafa Kaka Hama Hussein, known as Masoud Salayi, was born in the city of Kirkuk in 1948. He studied middle school in Kirkuk. In Year 1965, he completed the Teachers' Institute in the literary department. In Year 1966, he was accepted into the Law Department at the University of Baghdad, but he left the university in 1967 while in his second year. In 1975, after the setback of the Aylul Revolution , he headed to the Iranian Kingdom and lived there as a refugee. In 1991, after the uprising, he returned to Kurdistan. He is fluent in languages (Kurdish, Arabic, Turkish, Persian, and English).
Struggle PagesHe joined the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Year 1964, and in the same year, he was one of the internal Peshmerga in the city of Kirkuk. In Year 1965, he became responsible for the Dibis organization committee affiliated with the Kirkuk Local Committee within the Third Branch Committee. In Year 1966, he participated in the Battle of Qardagh in Sulaymaniyah Governorate against the Iraqi Army. In Year 1967, he became responsible for the external organization committee affiliated with the Kirkuk Local Committee within the Third Branch Committee. In Year 1967, he was arrested and imprisoned by the Ibrahim Ahmad – Jalal Talabani group when he was in his second year at the Law Department at the University of Baghdad, and he was subjected to torture and then handed over to the Iraqi General Security apparatus, which caused him to drop out of his studies permanently. In (1967-1968), he was imprisoned in Kirkuk prison and Bab al-Shatt in the city of Mosul. On October 6, 1986, he participated in the resistance against the campaign of the armed forces of the Ibrahim Ahmad – Jalal Talabani group with the support of the ground forces of the Iraqi Army in the Jabari and Qara Hassan areas within Kirkuk Governorate. On October 13, 1968, he participated under the command of Ali Qasim, known as Ali Shangali, a member of the Political Bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, in the Battle of Mount Salbato within Kirkuk Governorate against the forces of the Ibrahim Ahmad – Jalal Talabani group. In Year 1970, he was a delegate to the 8th Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party , but he did not attend it. In Year 1974, he became a working member of the Khabat Local Committee, which included all general secretariats of the Aylul Revolution. Before Year 1983, he worked in the Political Bureau administration department. On November 2, 1983, he was transferred as a member of the editorial board to the Media Department. On December 12, 1983, he became a member of the organization in the Political Bureau Headquarters organization committee. On July 16, 1985, he was appointed to the media editorial board. In Year 1984, he became a member of the Media Body of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In Year 1985, he worked at the Voice of Kurdistan radio. On October 5, 1985, he became a member of the branch committee in the Second Branch Committee. In Year 1986, he was a member of the editorial board of Safin magazine, the mouthpiece of the Second Branch Committee. In Year 1986, he became a working member of the Third Branch Committee. On April 1, 1987, he participated in the celebrations of the fifty-third anniversary of the founding of the Iraqi Communist Party in the Qardagh area. In (1986-1987), he was the editor-in-chief of Baba Gurgur magazine. In Year 1989, he was elected Member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party by the members of the Tenth Conference. On January 13, 1990, he was appointed as a member of the Media Committee.
In Year 1991, he participated in the uprising of Southern Kurdistan. In Year 1993, he was elected Member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Unified by the members of the Eleventh Congress. In Year 1993, he became responsible for the Third Branch Committee in Kirkuk. On November 15, 1994, he participated as a representative of President Masoud Barzani in the city of Erbil on the first day of the founding congress of the Kurdistan Socialist Democratic Party. In Year 1994, he became a member of the Central Organization Office, and after a period, he became responsible for the Central Organization Office. In Year 1995, he published an article in the Brayati newspaper, the mouthpiece of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Unified. On February 8, 1996, he visited the city of Tehran with a delegation from the Kurdistan Democratic Party to participate in the seventeenth anniversary of the victory of the Iranian Islamic Revolution. On Monday, July 28, 1997, he participated alongside President Masoud Barzani in the city of Erbil in the opening of the Fourth Congress (Equality Congress). In Year 1997, he was a professor of organization at the Kurdistan Democratic Party Cadre Institute in the city of Erbil. In Year 1999, he was elected reserve Member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party by the delegates of the Twelfth Congress, in the third sequence. In Year 2000, he received a delegation of Arab intellectuals. In Year 2001, he was a professor of organization, curriculum, and internal regulations of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Unified in the city of Erbil.
On Thursday, November 29, 2001, he participated alongside President Masoud Barzani in the graduation ceremony of the twelfth session of the Cadre Preparation Institute in Erbil. On Thursday, June 6, 2002, he participated in the joint meeting of the political bureaus of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan in the Pirman district, where they discussed the electricity problem and the federalism project. From February 14, 2004, to April 14, 2004, he was a professor of organization in the fourteenth session of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Cadre Institute in the Pirman district. In (2004-2010), he was a member of the Political Bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In Year 2005, he became responsible for the Central Organization Office. In Year 2007, he was a professor of organization in the sixteenth session of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Cadre Institute in the city of Erbil. In 2016, he became responsible for the Oversight and Inspection Body. On Tuesday, August 7, 2018, he participated in the opening of the Eighth Congress (Peshmerga Congress) of the Kurdistan Democratic Youth Union in the city of Erbil.
Sources:- Archive of the Encyclopedia Body of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.