Engineer Ramzi Xelil Sha'ban, known as Ramzi Sha'ban (1942 - 2021) was born in Erbil. He joined the ranks of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in 1959. In 1979, he joined the ranks of the Peshmerga forces and participated in May Revolution In 1975, he was in charge of the organizations of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the Swedish Empire. In 1979, he returned from Europe with the aim of participating in the work and first went to the Islamic Republic of Iran and then to Southern Kurdistan. In 1979, he contacted the ranks of the Peshmerga forces and participated in the May Revolutions. In 1979, he was elected as a member of the central committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party by the congress delegates at the ninth congress. In 2010, he was elected as a member of the central committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party at the thirteenth congress.

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Engineer Ramzi Khalil Sha'ban, known as Ramzi Sha'ban, was born in 1946 in Erbil. He studied primary school in Amed and secondary school in Mosul. He completed his secondary school in Mosul in 1959. On November 23, 1959, he went to the Czech Republic for studies. In 1970, he received a bachelor's degree from the Agricultural Engineering University in Sukhdil. In 1972, he received a master's degree in mechanical engineering from Sukhdil University. In 1975, he applied for asylum in the Swedish Embassy. In 1979, he returned to Europe to work and first went to the Islamic Republic of Iran and then to Southern Kurdistan. He passed away on April 3, 2021, due to Corona in a hospital in Turkey. He was fluent in Arabic, Czech, Russian, English, Persian, Slovak, and Swedish.

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His father, Xelîl Şe'ban (1905 - 1965), was a member of the Kurdish Hîwa Party and participated in the second Barzan revolution. In 1945, after the defeat of the second Barzan revolution (1943 - 1945), he emigrated to Eastern Kurdistan. In 1946, he participated in the service of the Democratic Republic of Kurdistan. In 1947, after the defeat of the Democratic Republic of Kurdistan, he was under the command of General Mustafa Barzani (1903 - 1979) or faced the army of the Shah of Iran. In 1947, at the end of the defense in the Democratic Republic of Kurdistan, at the Gader River point, together with Sheikh Ahmed Sheikh Muhammad Sheikh Abdusalam, known as Sheikh Ahmed Barzan and Khudan, they surrendered to the Iraqi police. They were initially arrested in Simi Diyana, Erbil province, and then, together with their families, were exiled and exiled for five years to the town of Hammam Alili, Mosul province.

Ramzi Sha'ban contacted the ranks of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in 1959. In 1959, he visited Sheikh Ahmed Barzan and President of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Baghdad with his father. Mustafa Barzani On November 23, 1959, he went to the Czech Republic for the purpose of studying. In 1959, he contacted the ranks of the Kurdish Students' Association in Europe (K.S.S.E). In 1960, he became responsible for the organizations of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the Czech Republic. In 1963, he submitted a letter to the Algerian President Ahmed Ben Bilal regarding the crimes of the Iraqi Government against the Kurdish language. In 1966, he participated in the congress of the Kurdish Students' Association in Europe (K.S.S.E) in the city of Rojava Berlin. In 1975, he requested asylum in the Swedish Empire. In 1975, he became responsible for the organizations of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the Swedish Empire. In 1979, he returned from Europe with the intention of participating in the work, first going to the Islamic Republic of Iran and then to Southern Kurdistan. In 1979, he contacted the ranks of the Peshmerga forces and participated in May Revolution In 1979, he was elected as a member of the central committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party at the ninth congress by the congress delegates. In 1981, he became the political instructor at the seventh session of the Kurdistan Democratic Party cadres' conference in the village of Rajan in Eastern Kurdistan. In 1981, he became the head of the sixth European branch of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and in the years (1980 - 1981) he was the editor-in-chief of the Welat newspaper in Europe. On July 16, 1985, he was appointed head of the financial department of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. He was the head of the financial school of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. From November 30, 1985 to April 3, 1986, he was a teacher of economic and political analysis at the eighth branch of the Kurdistan Democratic Party cadres' conference in the village of Rajan in Eastern Kurdistan. In 1985, he was appointed as the head of the sixth branch of the European branch. In 1987, he was appointed as the deputy head of the first branch of the Kurdistan Democratic Party under the leadership of Dr. Roj Nuri Shaweys. In 1987, he was appointed as the head of the financial school for the second time. In the years (1988 - 1991), he was appointed as the head of the first branch of the fifteenth branch. On January 1, 1988, as the head of the first division, he supervised and commanded the Battle of Derelok, in which the Iraqi army suffered nearly a thousand killed and wounded, 562 prisoners, and captured a thousand light and semi-heavy weapons and captured 112 tanks. President Masoud Barzani and the political school of the Kurdistan Democratic Party presented a congratulatory message to the first branch of the party on this occasion. In 1989, he was a representative of the tenth congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. On January 13, 1990, he was appointed as a member of the board in the central organization section of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 1991, he became the head of the central organization school of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In July 1993, he was appointed as the Chairman of the Finance Committee of the eleventh congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - United. In 1993, he was elected by the congress representatives as a member of the central committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - United at the eleventh congress. In 1993, he became the head of the communications school of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - United. On November 16, 1993, he participated in the opening ceremony of the freedom congress of the Kurdistan Students' Union and the Kurdistan Democratic Youth Union in the city of Erbil. At the end of 1994, he became the head of the Duhok branch. At the beginning of 1996, he became the deputy head of the Duhok branch. In 1999, he was elected a member of the central committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party at the twelfth congress by the congress delegates. In the years (1997 - 2017), he was the head of the central school for administration and finance. In 2002, he was appointed a member of the high council for the centennial commemoration of the immortal Barzani. In 2011, he was appointed a candidate member of the political school of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. On August 16, 2018, for his work and resistance in the September Revolution, the May Revolution, the uprising in Southern Kurdistan, and during the period of sovereignty, he was awarded the Medal of Honor by the President. Masoud Barzani He has received the Barzani Immortal Medal.

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Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Committee Archives.