Biography

Dara Tofiq Fathullah was born in Sulaimani in the 19th century. His grandfather Haji Awla Agha moved to Sulaimani from Hamadan in East Kurdistan. He is the brother of Khasraw Tofiq Fathullah (1930-2004). He was a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). In 1958, he was the secretary of the Kurdish Students Association To the country, addressed to the President Mustafa Barzani In 1959, he was the secretary of the executive office of the Iraqi Democratic Youth Union of the Iraqi Communist Party. From August 22 to 26, 1960, he was a delegate to the Fifth Congress of Komala Kurdish Students in Europe (K.S.S.EIn 1960, he was appointed Secretary of the World Students and Youth Union. From August 21 to 25, 1961, he represented the 6th Congress of the Kurdish Students Association in Europe in Munster, West Germany.

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Dara Tofiq Fathullah joined the Peshmerga forces after the February 8, 1963 coup d'état of the Ba'athist Arab Socialist Party against the regime of Abdul Karim Qasim (1914-1963). In 1967, he worked for the Arabic-language newspaper Al-Takhi. In early 1970, he met Michel Aflaq (1912-1989) in Beirut (Lebanon) on the orders of General Mustafa Barzani. On December 7, 1970, he was a member of the Kurdish delegation to the Iraqi government in Baghdad to determine the borders of the region Kurdistan Autonomy.

On March 11, 1970, he was a member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) delegation in Baghdad to negotiate the March 11 agreement with the Iraqi government Eighth Congress He was elected a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) by the delegates of the congress on Wednesday, June 24, 1970, on behalf of the president Mustafa Barzani On December 10, 1970, he was a member of the nine-member delegation of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) to negotiate autonomy for South Kurdistan with Iraqi government officials in Baghdad on September 11, 1971 He was the editor-in-chief of the newspaper Al-Brayati on December 1, 1974. In March 1974, he was appointed editor-in-chief of the newspaper Al-Brayati The September RevolutionHe was appointed Secretary of the Secretariat of Education, Culture, Media and Youth.

On April 28, 1974, after the seizure of his family's house by the Iraqi authorities, they were expelled to the liberated areas without any supplies The September Revolution From mid-1974 to early 1975, he was Secretary General of Education The September Revolution In 1974, he was appointed Minister of Information, Culture and Youth and Minister of Information (Education) by the Legislative and Executive Councils of the Kurdistan Region In December 1974, Al-Ansat supported the publication of the first color calendar The September RevolutionIn 1975, he worked for the Kurdistan Voice magazine, the organ of the General Trust for Culture, Media and Youth The September Revolution He wrote speeches. In early 1975, he was appointed Minister of Information of the Kurdistan Region by President Mustafa Barzani and the Political Bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party He was arrested by Iraqi intelligence and disappeared. His fate is still unknown. He was fluent in Kurdish, Arabic and English.

Source :

1. Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Committee.