Legal, political and military figures Arif Tayfur Arif Ali, known as (Arif Sheikh Teyfur Sergeluy Barzencî). In 1959, he joined the ranks of the Kurdistan Students' Union, in 1963, he joined the ranks of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, and in the same year, he joined the ranks of the Kurdistan Peshmerga forces. He was a representative of the eighth congress in 1970, and was elected as a member of the central committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party at the eleventh congress in 1993 and the twelfth in 1999, and as a member of the leadership council of the Kurdistan Democratic Party at the thirteenth congress in 2010, and was appointed as a member of the political school of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in 2018.

Biography

Arif Tayfur Born in 1945 in the city of Sulaymaniyah, he completed his secondary education in Kirkuk and Sulaymaniyah and received his Bachelor of Laws from Baghdad University in 1967. In 2004, he was appointed a member of the Iraqi Interim National Council (Al Meclis Al Watani Al Miweqit Al Iraqi) and in 2005, he was a candidate for the Kurdistan Alliance list for the Iraqi National Council and after graduating, he became the Second Deputy Chairman of the Iraqi National Council. He is fluent in Kurdish, Arabic, English and Persian.

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In 1959, he established contact with the ranks of the Qutbist (Student) Union of Kurdistan, in 1963, he established contact with the ranks of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, and in the same year, he established contact with the ranks of the Peshmerga forces of Kurdistan.

He was a delegate to the eighth congress in 1970 and was elected as a member of the central committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party at the eleventh congress in 1993 and the twelfth congress in 1999. In 2010, he was elected as a member of the leadership council of the Kurdistan Democratic Party at the thirteenth congress, and in 2018, he was elected as a member of the political school of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 1970, he was elected as a member of the Kurdistan Qutabi Union's organizing committee at the sixth congress of the Kurdistan Qutabi Union, and a year later, he became a member of the secretariat school of the Kurdistan Qutabi Union.

During his career, he has held several positions and responsibilities within the ranks of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, such as the third district committee officer in 1973, the fourth district committee officer in Sulaymaniyah in 1994, the fifth district committee officer in Baghdad in 2003, the fourth district committee officer in Sulaymaniyah in 2004, and the chairman of the Sulaymaniyah-Halabcha Provincial Leadership Council in 2018.

In 1975, after the defeat of the September Revolution, he lived as a refugee in Iran, where he was welcomed by President Masoud Barzani for preparation May Revolution In 1976, he became a member of the provisional leadership of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (Berlin Conference) and after the martyrdom of Mulazim Seyid Karim, he took a leading position and became a member of the political school.

In 2004, he was appointed as a member of the Iraqi Interim National Council (Al meclis al wetani al miweqit al Iraqi) and in 2005, he was a candidate for the Kurdish Alliance list for the Iraqi National Council and after his departure, he became the Second Deputy Chairman of the Iraqi National Council. In 2015, he became the commander of the Kurdistan Peshmerga force on the Khazir (Dohok) front against ISIS forces.

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Archives of the Encyclopedia Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.