Biography

Mihemed Xurşîd Tofîq, known as Dr. Mihemed Xurşîd, was born on November 19, 1966, in Kirkuk. In 1975, after the collapse of the September Revolution he migrated to Iran. He completed his primary, middle, and high school education in Iran. In 1991, after the Kurdistan Uprising, he returned to Kurdistan and in 2002-2003, he completed the Law department at Salahaddin University.

In the years 2004-2007, he participated in the NDI organization and received specialization in negotiation affairs. On July 12, 2008, at Salahaddin University, he received a master's degree in Administrative Law with the title (Administrative Responsibility in Compensating Victims of Terrorism Crimes). On February 14, 2015, he received his doctorate in Public Law Philosophy at Salahaddin University with the title (Guaranteeing public rights and freedoms in the face of administrative control procedures). He knows Arabic, Persian, and English.

Work History

Mihemed Xurşîd Tofîq, on March 28, 1986, joined the ranks of the Peshmerga of the Gulan Revolution for the first time. He was a Peshmerga in the Shwan district committee of the 3rd Branch of Kirkuk. In 1988, he became the commander of the Sheikh Bizini Organizational Committee unit affiliated with the Shwan district committee. In the years 1991-1992, he participated in the ninth course of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) Cadre Institute and was among the top ten of this course. In 1992, he became a member of the organization department of the 3rd Branch of Kirkuk. In 1994, he became the deputy head of the district committee within the headquarters of the 3rd Branch of Kirkuk. In 1995, he became a member of the 3rd Branch of Kirkuk. In 1996, he became the head of the Shwan district committee of the 3rd Branch of Kirkuk. In 2000, he became the head of the Khanaqin district committee of the 3rd Branch of Kirkuk. In 2002, he was appointed as the head of the Chamchamal district committee at the Kirkuk Branch. In 2003, he became an administrator of the branch and head of the organization bureau at the 3rd Branch of Kirkuk. In 2003, he was appointed as the supervisor of the Dubiz district committee at the 3rd Branch of Kirkuk. In 2010, he became the deputy of the 3rd Branch of Kirkuk. In 2011, he was appointed as a member of the Kirkuk-Garmian Leadership Council and became the head of the council's organization bureau. In 2017, he took over the leadership of the 3rd Branch of Kirkuk.

In his Peshmerga life, he participated in several battles in the mountains and was wounded twice. Among those battles: 1987: setting an ambush for Iraqi army soldiers between Chamchamal and Tekya, 1988 - The battle on the road between Qarahanjir and Chamchamal, in the same year in the Rezge area, the battle and capture of a military post. In 1989, the capture of a military post in Barqasr. After the Kurdistan Uprising, he also participated in several battles for the liberation of Kurdistan. On March 8, 1991, the battle of Bani Maqan, and on March 10, 1991, the capture of Qarahanjir. On March 20-21, 1991, the liberation of Kirkuk. On March 25, 1991, the Khalid Headquarters, and on March 28, 1991, the defense battle at the Corps Headquarters.

He participated in the war against ISIS terrorists on the Kirkuk front, such as the battle of Kharabrut village on the western front of Kirkuk in 2014, the battle in southern Kirkuk on January 30, 2015, and the battle of Taq Taq on February 9 of the same year. On April 9, 2015, for the liberation of the villages of Smayil Awa to Mela Abdullah. On April 16, 2015, the liberation of the villages of Saad, Khalid, and Atshana on the Daquq front. On September 11, the liberation of the Kakeyan villages on the Daquq front. On April 5 and 26, 2016, the battle of the district committee center in Tuz. On October 21, 2016, responding to an attack by ISIS militants in Kirkuk.

He was a member of the 11th, 12th, and 13th congresses of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). At the 14th congress, he was elected as an alternate member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). On February 3, 2023, he became the Assistant to the Organization Bureau of the Kirkuk-Garmian Province.

His works:

He has many legal and historical research papers, and three of his works have been published as books:

  • An Introduction to Understanding Elections, 2002, taught as a middle school curriculum by the Ministry of Education.
  • Administrative Responsibility in Compensating Victims of Terrorism Crimes, 2003.
  • Guaranteeing public rights and freedoms in the face of administrative control procedures, 2015.
Source:

- Archive of the Encyclopedia Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.