Biography

Salih Ahmed Fatah Khadr, known as (First Rais Salih Pedawi), was born in 1933 in the village of Peda, affiliated with Dohuk province. He completed his middle and high school studies in Dohuk province. On June 30, 1956, he graduated with the rank of Second Lieutenant from the 32nd class of the Iraqi Military College. In 1975, after the collapse of the Aylul Revolution, he became a refugee in the Kingdom of Iran. He passed away on January 18, 1991, in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. His body was returned to Kurdistan and laid to rest in the cemetery of Peda village. He was proficient in the Kurdish, Arabic, Persian, English, and Dutch languages.

Struggle History

On November 6, 1958, at Al-Muthanna Airport near the city of Baghdad, he welcomed President Mustafa Barzani and his companions. In 1959, he participated in an artillery course and served in the Third Artillery Unit affiliated with the 20th Brigade of the Iraqi Army. In 1962, due to political activity, he was sentenced by the authorities of the Republic of Iraq to five years of imprisonment in the Nuqrat al-Salman desert prison. In 1959, he participated in an artillery course and served in the Third Artillery Unit affiliated with the 20th Brigade of the Iraqi Army. In 1963, he joined the ranks of the Peshmerga forces of the Aylul Revolution. In 1966, he was the commander of the Fourth Battalion of the Qaradagh Force, affiliated with the Third Army of the Peshmerga forces. In 1969, he was the commander of the Bamo Force.

 In 1966, he was a representative of the Seventh Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the town of Galala, affiliated with Erbil province. In 1970, he was a representative of the Eighth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the village of Nawprdan on the border of Erbil province. In 1971, he returned to the ranks of the Iraqi Army with the rank of Major. In 1971, he was the commander of the First Bamo Battalion of the Border Guards (Haras al-Hudud). On September 29, 1971, after an assassination attempt on President Mustafa Barzani by terrorists of the Iraqi government, he accompanied President Mustafa Barzani into the masses. In 1973, he completed a six-month special military leadership course abroad. From 1973 to 1975, he was the commander of the Kirkuk Force, whose border was completely besieged by the Iraqi Army and the mercenaries of the Iraqi government. In September 1974, as a commander, he participated in the Battle of Sartizi on the border of Erbil province.

 In 1979, he was elected as a reserve member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party by the representatives of the 9th Congress. In 1989, he was a representative of the 10th Congress of the Party in the village of Hishmawa in Eastern Kurdistan.

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