Teacher Jalal Abdulrahman Amin joined the ranks of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in 1947. In 1959, he was elected by the congress delegates as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (Sixth Congress). In the years (1960 - 1961) he was the official in charge of the third branch of the Party's Central Committee. In 1961, he escaped from the hands of the Iraqi police and joined the Peshmerga forces. In 1964, he left party affairs.

Biography

Teacher Jalal Abdulrahman Amin (1928 - 1987), who is known as (Jalal Abdulrahman Shiwani and Jalal Abdulrahman Beg, Mam Rash and Jalal Beg Shiwani), was born in Kirkuk. In 1953, he graduated from the Higher Teachers' College in Baghdad. In the years (1953 - 1957), he was the director of the Radar primary school within the border of the Kirkuk province education administration. In 1960, he married Ziba Abdulwahid Mukhtar from the town of Koya. In 1957, his work was transferred to Chamchamal, which is part of the Kirkuk province.

On June 18, 1987, in the village of Mam Rash, which is part of the Kirkuk province and was his birthplace, he passed away due to heart failure and was buried in the Sheikh Muhyiddin cemetery in the city of Kirkuk. He knew the Kurdish, Arabic, Turkmen, and English languages.

Work History

In 1947, he joined the ranks of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 1949, he was arrested by police forces during demonstrations against the rule of the Kingdom of Iraq in the city of Kirkuk and was later sent to the Washash military camp prison near Baghdad. In 1953, he joined the ranks of the Kurdistan Students Union. In 1958, he was the cause of the people of the Shiwan region, on the border of the Kirkuk province, joining the ranks of the United Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 1958, he was a regional member of the Kirkuk Regional Committee affiliated with the Third Branch Committee of the United Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 1959, he was elected by the congress delegates as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party – Iraq (Sixth Congress).

In 1959, he became the official in charge of the Third Branch Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party – Iraq. On September 10, 1959, he was a delegate to the First Congress of the Kurdish Teachers Union (First Congress of Shaqlawa). In 1960, he was a member of the founding committee of the open phase of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 1960, he was elected by the congress delegates as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (Fifth Congress). In the years (1960 - 1961), he was the official in charge of the third branch of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 1961, he escaped from the hands of the Iraqi police and joined the Peshmerga forces. On December 18 - 23, 1961, he participated in the Awdelani meeting and voted in favor of the continuation of the September Revolution. In 1962, during secret activities, he was arrested, tortured, and imprisoned in the Baghdad prison.

On June 10, 1963, he participated in the battle of Shiwasur on the border of the Kirkuk province against the National Guard forces (Al-Haras Al-Qawmi). In 1963, he was the official in charge of the Second Branch Committee. On April 4 - 9, 1964, he participated in the expanded meeting of Mawet, which was against the removal of President Mustafa Barzani (1903 - 1979) from the leadership of the Kurdistan Democratic Party by the Political Bureau. On April 8, 1964, he was a member of the delegation of the expanded Mawet meeting to visit President Mustafa Barzani and on April 10, 1964, in the village of Sengeser, which is part of the Sulaymaniyah province, he met with President Mustafa Barzani and they reached the conclusion of holding the Sixth Congress. However, the issuance of a statement against the president by the Political Bureau rendered their work ineffective.

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