Biography

Haci Mirxan Ahmed Suleiman was born in 1940 in the village of Xerdin in the Mergasor district of Erbil province. He studied up to primary school. In 1945, he migrated to Iran with his family. After the collapse of the Republic of Kurdistan in Mahabad, he returned to South Kurdistan. In 1975, after the collapse of the September Revolution, he migrated to the same country. After the Kurdistan Uprising in 1991, he returned to the country and settled in the town of Pirmam. In addition to his mother tongue, he speaks Persian well.

Career

On May 1, 1959, he joined the Peshmerga forces and became a Peshmerga along with his brother Hiso Mirxan. On July 7, 1962, he received the rank of Sergeant. In 1966, he was a Sergeant in the Badinan region on the Gare Mountains. In 1968, he was the commander of the 3rd Battalion of the Akrê Forces. From 1970 until the March 11 agreement, he was the battalion commander of the same force. At the same time, he was the head of the Akrê District Committee. In 1971, he became the assistant to the 9th Border Protection Battalion on the border of the Shekhan district.

In 1967-1968, he received military training in the Zagros Mountains in Hamadan in the fields of weapons use, defense, attack, and leadership. In August 1969, he was wounded in the eye during a fierce battle in the Akrê and Shekhan region. In 1977, he was arrested by the Iranian SAVAK for three months on the pretext of political activities.

He was a member of the 11th, 12th, and 13th congresses of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). In the 13th Congress in 2010, he was awarded the Immortal Barzani Medal by President Masoud Barzani. He retired as a disabled Brigadier General and is a member of the September High Institution and the head of the September Committee in Soran and Mergasor.

Among his published works:

The Search for Justice, which consists of two volumes, was published in 2021.

Source:

  1. Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Board.