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The Sixth Congress of the Kurdistan Students Union was held in a free and public atmosphere after the announcement of the March 11, 1970 agreement on July 15, 1970, in the village of Nawprdan in Erbil Governorate.
In the summer of Year 1955, two years after the First Congress was held and following several internal changes within the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the organization, the Kurdistan Students Union held its second congress secretly in the city of Baghdad.
Sheikh Zubair Abdullah, known as Shekho Zubair, a Peshmerga and Comrade of General Barzani to the Soviet Union, was born in 1925 in the village of Rzyan. He was a struggler in the ranks of the Second Revolution of Barzan, and a Peshmerga in the Democratic Republic of Kurdistan in Mahabad. He participated in the Aylul Revolution and passed away in 2008.
Ismail Aygün, known as (Şivan Perwer), was one of the artists who played a major role and had a significant influence on the Kurdistan liberation movement. He was awarded the Barzani Medal by President Masoud Barzani on June 3, 2001. Ismail Aygün (Şivan Perwer) was born on September 23, 1955, in the village of Sori, belonging to the Suruç district in Urfa province, North Kurdistan. He completed his primary, middle, and high school education in Urfa, and completed the mathematics department at Ankara University. He married the artist Gülistan Perwer.
The writer and politician Falakaddin Sabir Hamud Aziz, known as (Falakaddin Kakayi), joined the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Year 1965. In Year 1979 and 1989, he was elected Member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party at the Ninth Congress and Tenth Conference. In Year 1985, he became a member of the Politburo of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In Year 1992, he held the position of member of the Kurdistan National Council. In Year 1996, he held the position of Minister of Culture in the third cabinet of the Kurdistan Regional Government, and in the same year, he became an advisor to the President of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.
The engineer and politician Muhammad Mahmud Abdulrahman Khadr, known as Sami, Sami Abdulrahman, Dara, was a member of the Kurdish Students Society in Europe in Year 1957, became a member of the Kurdistan Revolutionary Command Council - Iraq in Year 1966, was elected Member of the Central Committee and then Member of the Political Bureau in the two congresses (Seventh 1966) and (Eighth 1970) of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, was a member of the Provisional Leadership of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Year 1975, and left the ranks of the party at the Ninth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Year 1979.
The Berlin Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (Berlin Congress - 11 August 1976) was held in Berlin, West Germany, under the supervision of Sami Abdul Rahman and with the attendance of a large number of members and supporters of the Kurdistan Democratic Party outside the country. The goal of holding the Congress was to reorganize the party and expand the armed revolution in southern Kurdistan.
Haydar Muhammad Amin, joined the Kurdistan Democratic Party in 1946, was elected as a member of the administrative body at the First Congress of the Kurdistan Students Union and appointed as Secretary of the Kurdistan Students Union. Later, in 1960, he was elected as an alternate member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party by the delegates of the Fifth Congress of the Party.
Pirut Ahmed Ibrahim, known as Dr. Pirut, became involved with the Kurdistan Democratic Party organizations in the Year 1968. On December 12, 1989, he was elected Member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party by the Congress Representatives of the Tenth Congress. On September 13, 2009, he was appointed by republican decree as an ambassador in the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, representing the Kurdistan Democratic Party quota.
Timz Arb Qatran, known as (Timz Silki), was a Peshmerga and a comrade of Barzani to the Soviet Union. He was born in the village of Silki in the Year 1924. He struggled in the Second Revolution of Barzan, was one of the Peshmerga members in the Democratic Republic of Kurdistan in Mahabad, and participated in the Aylul Revolution and the Gulan Revolution. He held the position of battalion commander in the ranks of the Peshmerga and was responsible for the Amidi locality of the Party. He was a recipient of the Barzani Medal and passed away in the Year 2014 in Pirmam.
Pirmoos Omar Khalil, known as (Piro Yusuf), a Peshmerga and a Comrade of Barzani to the Soviet Union. (Mam Piro) was born in the Year 1916 in the village of Harur in Duhok Governorate. He was a recipient of the Barzani Medal and passed away on 23 March 1997 in Zakho.
One of the most important battles that took place in the Erbil Brigade, which had a direct impact on changing the course of events and the revolution in South Kurdistan, was the Battle of Handren. The government's strategic goal for occupying Mount Handren was the presence of the Kurdish revolution's command center and the decision-making headquarters for Barzani in the Balakayati region...
