Biography

Mela Mihemed Emîn Mela Hacî Mehmûd, who is also known as Mela Mihemed Emîn Gwêzlîngey, was born in 1939 in the village of Gwêzlînge in the Balekayeti district of the Choman sub-district. After the collapse of the revolution in 1975, Mela Mihemed Emîn and his family migrated to Iran and were relocated to the city of Isfahan. He had 5 sons and 2 daughters. He passed away at the age of 81 on June 17, 2020, and was buried in the village of Gwêzlînge in the Choman sub-district.

Work History

In 1958, he joined the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and became an administrator of the Helgurd organization in Kirkuk. Mela Mihemed Emîn Gwêzlîngey was a soldier in Kirkuk and in 1961, with the start of the Great Aylul Revolution, he joined the revolution and returned to the Balekayeti region.

After a year of being a Peshmerga, Mela Mihemed Emîn met Mela Mustafa Barzani for the first time in 1962 in the village of Bêşe in the Smîlan sub-district. In the same meeting, he became a trusted figure for Mela Mustafa Barzani. In 1963, he participated in the Battle of Bersîrîn, played a major role in capturing the bases in the Gelale and Rayat districts, and after these victories, Mela Mihemed Emîn went to the Bêtwate region with Mela Mustafa Barzani and his Peshmerga. In 1964, he returned to the region with his comrades and established his base in Dergele, Hawdîyan, and Dêlziyan, recording many heroic epics. In 1967, by order of the leadership, he became a member of the military section of the Political Bureau, and in 1970, he became a member of the Balek district and continued his work in the Revolutionary Court.

After the failure of the revolution in 1975, he migrated to Iran and was relocated to the city of Isfahan, where he became the head of the Isfahan organization of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 1983, he became the head of the administration of the base of the immortal leader Idris Barzani in Haji Omeran. In 1979, he became an administrator of the Balek district of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). Between 1981 and 1993, he was an administrator of the second branch and responsible for the finance and martyrs section.

In 1988, as a commander of the second branch force, he participated in the Battle of Xwakurk, played an important role, and was wounded in that battle.

In the 1991 Uprising, he participated in the liberation of Kurdistan and had a notable role in the liberation of Kirkuk.

He participated as a member in the 7th to 13th congresses of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), and in the 11th congress in 1993, he was a candidate for the leadership of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). In 1993, after the congress, he was appointed as an administrator of the 10th branch of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). Between 1999 and 2000, he became a member of the Aylul Institution in Soran. In 2007, he became a member of the High Aylul Institution. In 2010, at the 13th congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), due to his widespread role within the Party and the Peshmerga, by the President Masoud Barzani he was awarded the Barzani medal.

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