Engineer Mihemed Reza Arif Ali, known as (Muhamed Sheikh Reza Sergeloyi). He joined the ranks of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in 1960, and in 1961 he contacted the Peshmerga forces. In 1976 he became a member of the Provisional Leadership of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (Berlin Conference). In 1979 he participated in the Shawan meeting and was elected as a member of the Political School of the Provisional Leadership of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.

Biography

Engineer Muhammad Reza Arif Ali, known as Muhammad Sheikh Reza Sergeloyi, was born in 1944 in Sulaymaniyah. He graduated from the College of Agriculture of Baghdad University in 1970. In 1975, he emigrated to the Shah of Iran after the defeat of the September Revolution. In May 1976, he went to the Republic of Austria and remained there as a refugee. In 1981, he was established as an agricultural specialist at the FAO. He passed away in Vienna on Sunday, March 15, 2020, due to illness. On Monday, October 5, 2020, his body arrived in the Kurdistan Region via Erbil International Airport and was later buried in the village of Sergeloyi in Sulaymaniyah province. He was fluent in Arabic, Kurdish, German and English.

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In 1958, he joined the ranks of the Kurdistan Students' Union and the Kurdistan Democratic Youth Union. In 1960, he joined the ranks of the Party (PDK). In 1961, he joined the Peshmerga forces. In 1963, he participated in the Dukan-Kotel (Sulaymaniyah) battle. In 1964, he became a member of the Bilesa Organization Committee. In 1966, he was appointed as a member of the Baghdad University Organization Committee under the Baghdad District Committee of the Panjjan League. In 1968, he became responsible for universities and preparatory work in Baghdad. In 1969, he became responsible for the Baghdad District Committee under the Panjjan League. In 1970, he became a member of the League in the Panjjan League and later became the executive director of the Panjjan League. In 1970, he was a delegate to the Eighth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.

On Tuesday, April 11, 1972, together with Salih Abdullah Necmedin (1918 - 1981), known as Seyda Salih Yusifi, he received Hamid Buzdaryads, a member of the Presidency of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, at the headquarters of the Five-Party League in Baghdad. On November 27, 1972, he participated in the Congress of Support for the Palestinian Revolution in Beirut as a representative of the Democratic Party of Kurdistan. From November 27 to 30, 1972, he was the head of the delegation of the Democratic Party of Kurdistan to the National Congress of Support for the Palestinian Revolution in Beirut. In 1973, he became the secretary of the Five-Party League. On Monday, June 11, 1973, he, along with Salih Abdullah Najmedin (Seyda Salih Yusifî), welcomed a delegation of the Arab Joint Front in the Palestinian Revolution at the headquarters of the Five-Party Committee. In 1974, he was unjustly sentenced to death by the Iraqi Ba'ath regime for his participation in the Leyla Qasim cell.

In early April 1975, he was assigned by Comrade Masoud Barzani to prepare for the May Revolution. In mid-April 1975, he participated in the extensive meeting of the leaders, commanders and cadres of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Urmia with the aim of continuing the work and resistance. In late April 1975, he was invited by Comrade Masoud Barzani, along with four other individuals, to participate in the first meeting of the Provisional Leadership of the Kurdistan Democratic Party outside the town of Nakhede in Eastern Kurdistan, with the aim of continuing the defense and resistance.

At the end of 1975, he was appointed by his friends in the Provisional Leadership of the Kurdistan Democratic Party to work in the European Sixth League. At the end of 1975, he was imprisoned for three months by SAVAK in Evin Prison in Tehran for his political activities and preparations for the May Revolution. He was released from Evin Prison in March 1976 and went to the Republic of Austria in May 1976 and remained there as a refugee. In 1976, he became a member of the Provisional Leadership of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (Berlin Conference). In 1976, he became the head of the European Sixth League. On August 7, 1979, he was shot and wounded by Iraqi spies and intelligence agents in Vienna.

In 1979, he made contact with the ranks of the Peshmerga forces for the second time. In 1979, he participated in the Shawan meeting of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and was elected as a member of the Political School of the Provisional Leadership of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 1979, he was a representative of the Ninth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 1992, he returned to Southern Kurdistan during the period of sovereignty. On March 27, 1992, he became a member of the Advisory Board of the Iraqi Opposition Congress (Masif Salaheddin Congress). In 1994, he became an advisor to President Massoud Barzani. In 2001, he presented the Kurdistan Democratic Party Provisional Leadership course to the students of the twelfth session of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Cadres Conference in the city of Erbil. On December 15, 2005, he was elected as a member of the Iraqi National Council (Iraqi Parliament) on the list of the Kurdistan Alliance.

Source:

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2 - Rufatê Xwede, the nephew of Mihemed Reza Arif, was buried in the village of Sergelo, Xebat Newspaper, organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, issue 6.018, Hewlêr, Wednesday, October 7, 2020, pages 1, 4.

3 - Appreciation, Xebat Newspaper, organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, issue 6.018, Hewlêr, Wednesday, October 7, 2020, page 4.

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6 - As'ed Edo, Continuation or Rebellion of the Revolution, Brotherhood Newspaper, organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, issue 1.651, Hewlêr, Saturday, May 22, 1993, p. 3.

7 - Mihemed Reza, Intellectuals Should Set a Limit for Öcalan, Brotherhood Newspaper, organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - United, issue 2.752, Hewlêr, Thursday, December 7, 1999, p. 4.

8 - Ismail Tenya, Kurdistan Socialist Party: Rise, Fall, Disintegration, (Hewlêr - Rojhilat Press - 2019), pp. 23, 26.

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19 - Eli Kemal Berzi, Famous Kurdish Personalities in the Twentieth Century, first volume, (Hewlêr - Berzi Project - Zanko Press - 1999), pp. 263, 265.

20 - Kelime al hizb al dimoqratî al Kurdistanî fî al Iraq fî al mutameer al sha'abî al Arabî li nesre al sawre al Filistiniye, al taaxî newspaper (Article of the Democratic Party of Kurdistan in Iraq in the Arab People's Congress in Support of the Palestinian Revolution, Al-Taaxî Newspaper), number 1.206, Baghdad, Times Press, Thursday, December 7, 1972, p. 1.

21 - Mihemed Reza Arif, candidate number 6 in Sulaymaniyah province: I will work to develop the agricultural sector and achieve farmers' rights, Xebat Newspaper, organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, issue 3.407, Tuesday, February 23, 2010, p. 6.

22 - Mihemed Reza, The March 11 Agreement moved the Kurdish people from one stage to a new and prosperous one, Brotherhood Newspaper, organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, issue 3.328, Hewlêr, Sunday, March 11, 2001, p. 3.

23 - Mihemed Ali Ismail, My Memories: Seventy Years of Age and More than Half a Century of Struggle, (Unpublished - 2019), p. 58.

24 - Masoud al Barzani, al Barzani wal herek al tahririye al Kurdiye, (Masoud Barzani, Barzani and the Kurdish Liberation Movement), third volume, second edition, (Hewlêr - Ministry of Education Press - 2002), p. 407.

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