Muhammad Amin Ma'ruf Kamala, Known as Teacher Muhammad Amin Ma'ruf, joined the ranks of the Hiwa Party of the Kurd in the Year 1940, became a member of the Central Committee Kurdistan Democratic Party (Koya Conference) in 1950, and was elected as a member of the provisional Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party by the representatives of the Second Congress in 1951, and in 1953 he was against the candidacy of members of the Kurdistan Democratic Party- Iraq for the Iraqi Council of Representatives, in 1957 he became a member of the Central Committee of the United Kurdistan Democratic Party (Third Unification), in 1958 he was the head of the Koya district committee affiliated with the Second Branch committee, and in the Year 1964 he completely distanced himself from party work.

Biography

Muhammad Amin Ma'ruf Kamala was born in the city of Koya in Erbil Governorate in 1920. He first studied religious subjects under Mullah Rash in the town of Koya. In 1929, he began his education and was enrolled in the Koya primary school. He completed the primary stage in Koya in 1936. In 1936, he was admitted to the four-year Rural Teachers' Institute in the city of Baghdad. He completed the Rural Teachers' Institute in 1940, and was subsequently appointed as a primary teacher at the Koya primary school. In 1941, he was the first-grade primary teacher of Jalal Talabani (1933–2017). In 1943, he provided financial support to the Kurdan Success Club in the city of Baghdad. At the end of 1943, his article was published in the Kurdish-language magazine Gelawej, printed in Baghdad. In 1949, he supported and assisted in the eradication of illiteracy in the town of Koya. On November 15, 1999, he passed away due to diabetes in the town of Koya, Erbil Governorate, and was buried in the Kakon cemetery. On Wednesday, November 17, 1999, the engineer Ali Abdullah Amin (1926–2017), Deputy President of the Kurdistan Democratic Party sent a condolence letter to his family. He was proficient in the Kurdish and Arabic languages.

Struggle Record

 In the Year 1940, he joined the ranks of the Hiwa Party of the Kurd. In 1945, he joined the ranks of the Communist Party in Iraqi Kurdistan (Revolution Party). In 1946, he was one of the representatives of the First Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (First Unification) in the city of Baghdad. In 1947, he was a teacher at the Zanist primary school in the town of Koya, Erbil Governorate. Representing the Kurdistan Democratic Party, he led the demonstration of January 27, 1948, against the Portsmouth Treaty between the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Iraq in the town of Koya, Erbil Governorate, against the Kingdom of Iraq regime. In 1950, he became a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party(Koya Conference). In 1951, he was elected by the congress representatives as a member of the provisional Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (Second Congress). In 1951, he was the head of the Koya district committee. In 1951, he was among the supporters of the faction of the lawyer Hamza Abdullah Omar (1915–1998) within the ranks of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 1953, he was elected by the congress representatives as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Iraq (Third Congress). In 1953, he was exiled by the authorities of the Kingdom of Iraq to Dibis, affiliated with Kirkuk Governorate. In 1953, he was against the candidacy of members of the Kurdistan Democratic Party- Iraq for the Iraqi Council of Representatives. In 1957, he became a member of the Central Committee of the United Kurdistan Democratic Party (Third Unification). In 1958, he was the head of the Koya district committee affiliated with the Second Branch committee. In the Year 1964, he completely distanced himself from party work.

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  20. The Vice President of our party consoles the family of the late Professor Muhammad Amin Ma'ruf, Khabat Newspaper, the mouthpiece of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Issue 951, Erbil, Friday, November 19, 1999, p. 2.