Xurşîd Selîm Şêre, known by the name Xurşîd Şêre. In the Year 1954, he joined the ranks of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In the Year 1954, he carried out activities as an active cadre of the farmers of the Erbil plain. In the Year 1958, he was the head of the military wing of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Unified. In the Year 1979, he was a member of the preparatory committee for the ninth congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and was elected as a member of the central committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. After the 1991 uprising, he held several administrative positions in the cabinets of the Kurdistan Regional Government, such as director general, governor, etc. In the Year 2005, he was a member of the Kurdistan National Assembly.
Biography
Xurşîd Şêre was born in Erbil in the Year 1938. In the Year 1953, he completed the preparatory stage. In the Year 1959, he married Mamiz Xidir Pîrot Şêre, and in the Year 1963, his mother and wife were arrested by the Iraqi government authorities, and their second son was born in the Erbil prison.
In the Year 1992, in the first cabinet of the Kurdistan Regional Government, he was the director general of the Diwan of the Ministry of Interior. In the Year 1994, in the second cabinet, he became the deputy minister of Agriculture and Water of the Kurdistan Regional Government. In the years (1994 - 1996), he was the governor of Erbil. In the Year 2000, in the fourth cabinet, he was appointed as the deputy minister of Endowments and Religious Affairs of the Kurdistan Regional Government. In the Year 2005, he was a member of the second term of the Kurdistan National Assembly. He is proficient in all three languages: Kurdish, Arabic, and Persian.
Work HistoryXurşîd Şêre was the head of the military wing of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Unified in the Year 1958. He was a member of the preparatory committee for the fifth (1960), sixth (1964), seventh (1966), and eighth (1970) congresses of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and participated in the congresses.
In the Year 1962, with his intelligence, while he was in the ranks of the Iraqi army, the second battalion of the third brigade of the Iraqi army fell into an ambush by the Peshmerga forces in the Zakho valley and were destroyed. In the same year, he joined the ranks of the Peshmerga forces of the September Revolution and participated in the Battle of Balisan Mountain, the Battle of Kospi Spi, the second Battle of Safin on the border of Erbil province, and the Battle of Qaradagh on the border of Sulaymaniyah province against the Iraqi army forces. At the end of the Year 1963, he was the Head of Branch in the Asos Branch in the first battalion of the Kawe force.
In the Year 1965, he was the head of the Koye district committee affiliated with the second branch committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, and in the same year, he became a member of the staff of the sixth branch committee and was appointed as an administrator of the branch committee.
In the Year 1965, he participated in the epic of Safin and was wounded. In the same year, he was one of the commanders of the six-pronged battle (Battle of Sherxe) in the Koye area, which they fought against the Iraqi army and recorded a victory. He also participated in the Battle of the Erbil Plain, the second epic of Safin, and the Battle of Bestane.
He remained an administrator of the branch until the defeat of the September Revolution, and in the Year 1975, after the defeat of the September Revolution, he migrated to Iran. In the Year 1979, he was a member of the preparatory committee for the ninth congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and was elected as a member of the central committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and was appointed as the head of the second branch committee.
In the Year 1989, he was a member of the preparatory committee for the tenth congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in East Kurdistan. In the Year 1991, he was one of the commanders of the Peshmerga forces of the Kurdistan Democratic Party who reached the Pishdar area and participated in the liberation of the town of Ranya, the town of Koye, and Erbil.
In the Year 1992, in the first cabinet of the Kurdistan Regional Government, he was the director general of the Diwan of the Ministry of Interior. In the Year 1993, he was appointed as the head of the administrative committee of the eleventh congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Unified. In the Year 1994, he became the deputy minister of Agriculture and Irrigation of the Kurdistan Regional Government, and in the years (1994 - 1996), he was the governor of Erbil.
In the Year 1999, he was a delegate to the twelfth congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the city of Erbil, and because of his work in the September Revolution and Gulan Revolution and the stage of the uprising of South Kurdistan and the stage of governance, by President Masoud Barzani he received the Medal of the Immortal Barzani.
In the Year 2000, in the fourth cabinet, he was appointed as the deputy minister of Endowments and Religious Affairs of the Kurdistan Regional Government. In the Year 2005, he was elected as a member of the second term of the Kurdistan National Assembly, and at that time, he became a member of several different committees of the Kurdistan National Assembly. In the Year 2010, he was a delegate to the thirteenth congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the city of Erbil.
His works:
Work and Blood: Memoirs of the Years of Peshmerga Struggle, 2006.
1- Asad Edo, The six-pronged battle or the Battle of Sherxe, Birayati Newspaper, Organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Unified, issue 1765 Erbil, Saturday, October 9, 1993.
2- Ali Sinjari, The Kurdish Issue and the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party in Iraq, part three, (Duhok - Khani Printing House 2012).
3- Shiwan Muhammad Amin Taha Khoshnaw, Erbil between the years (1958 - 1963) a study on the political situation, (Erbil - Rojhilat Printing House 2012).
4- Shiwan Muhammad Amin Taha Khoshnaw, Erbil between the years 1963 - 1970 a historical study on the political situation, (Erbil - Salahaddin University Printing House 2016).
5- Ari Faruq Hasan Nanekeli, Institutions of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the September Revolution between the years 1961 - 1975, (Erbil - Ravza Printing House 2012).
6- Jamal Murtke, The Mountain Writes Itself, volume one, (Erbil - Hevi Printing House, 2012).
7- Ahmad Sharif Lek, Interpretation of Historical Events, volume two, (Erbil - Rojhilat Printing House - 2019).
8- Hamid Gawhari, Barzani Medal is the highest honor award, volume two, (Erbil - Barzani Charity Foundation - Haji Hashim Printing House 2015).
9- Habib Muhammad Karim, History of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Iraq (in key stations) 1946 - 1993 (Duhok - Xebat Press 1998).
10- Khurshid Shere, We were doing Peshmerga work so that we would die and the nation would live, Xebat newspaper, Organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, issue 1531 Erbil, Monday 16 August 2004.
11- Khurshid Shere, Struggle and blood, memories of the years of Peshmerga work, third edition, (Erbil - Haji Hashim Press 2015).
12- Ali Kemal Barzi, Famous Kurdish personalities in the twentieth century, first volume, (Erbil - Barzi Project - University Press 1999).
13- Fatih Rasul, A few pages from the history of the struggle of the Kurdish people, first volume, (Sweden - Halabja Press 1991).
14- Kayfi Hadi, Recounts his memories regarding the beginning of the struggle and Peshmerga work for the readers of our magazine. Derin Magazine, organ of the media office of the second branch committee of Erbil, issue 1, Erbil, Ministry of Education Press, Saturday, 4 June 2005.
15- Mala Shakhi, The Uprising and the Liberation of Kirkuk, second edition, (Kirkuk - Martyr Azad Hawrami Press 2012).
16- Heval Gulabakh recounts a part of the epic of the uprising, Birayati newspaper, Organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Unified, issue 1889 Erbil, Saturday 5 March 1994.