Biography

Muhammad Khurshid Tofiq, known as Dr. Muhammad Khurshid, was born on November 19, 1966, in the city of Kirkuk. In 1975, after the collapse of the September Revolution, he became a refugee in the country of Iran. He completed his primary, middle, and high school education in Iran. In 1991, after the great uprising of Southern Kurdistan, he returned to Kurdistan. In the years (2002-2003), he completed the Law Department at the College of Law at Salahaddin University.

In the years (2004-2007), he participated in the (NDI) organization and received expertise in negotiation affairs. On July 12, 2008, he received a Master's degree in Administrative Law from Salahaddin University with the title (The Responsibility of the Administration for Compensation for Victims of Terrorist Crimes). On February 14, 2015, he received a PhD in Philosophy of Public Law from Salahaddin University with the title (Guarantees of Public Rights and Freedoms in Confronting Administrative Control Measures). He knows Arabic, Persian, and English.

Struggle Record

Dr. Muhammad Khurshid, on February 28, 1986, for the first time joined the ranks of the Peshmerga forces of the Gulan Revolution and became a Peshmerga in the Shwan District Committee affiliated with the Kirkuk Branch 3. In 1988, he became the commander of a detachment of the Sheikh Bizini organizational committee affiliated with the Shwan District Committee. In the years (1991-1992), he participated in the ninth session of the Cadre Institute of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and was among the top ten of this session. In 1992, he became a member of the organization department in Kirkuk Branch 3. In 1994, he became the deputy head of the district committee within the headquarters of Kirkuk Branch 3. In 1995, he became a member of Kirkuk Branch 3. In 1996, he became the head of the Shwan District Committee affiliated with Kirkuk Branch 3. In 2000, he became the head of the Khanaqin District Committee affiliated with Kirkuk Branch 3. In 2002, he assumed the rank of head of the Chamchamal District Committee within the borders of Kirkuk Branch 3. In 2003, he became a branch administrator and head of the organization office in Kirkuk Branch 3. In 2003, he supervised the Dubiz District Committee in Kirkuk Branch 3. In 2010, he became the deputy of Kirkuk Branch 3. In 2011, he assumed the rank of member of the Kirkuk-Garmian Leadership Council and became the head of the organization office of that council. In 2017, he assumed the responsibility of Kirkuk Branch 3.

In his life as a Peshmerga in the mountains, he participated in many battles and was wounded twice. In the Year 1987, he set up an ambush for soldiers of the Iraq army between Chamchamal and Tekya. In 1988, he participated in the battle on the Qarahenjir and Chamchamal road. In the same year, he participated in a battle in the Rezge area and the capture of a military IFA truck. In 1989, he captured a military outpost in Barqasir. After the uprising, he participated in several battles for the liberation of Kurdistan: on March 8, 1991, the battle of Bani Maqan; on March 10, 1991, the capture of Qarahenjir; on the day of March 20-21, 1991, in the liberation of the city of Kirkuk; on March 25, 1991, the Khalid military base; and on the 28th of the same month, the battle of defense of the Corps military base.

He participated in the war against ISIS terrorists on the Kirkuk front, such as the battle of Kharabarut village on the western Kirkuk front in 2014, the battle of southern Kirkuk on January 30, 2015, and on February 9 of the same year, the battle of Taq Taq. On April 9, 2015, the battle for the liberation of the villages of Ismail Awa to Mala Abdullah; on April 16, 2015, the liberation of the villages of Saad, Khalid, and Atshana on the Daquq front; on September 11, the liberation of the Kaka'i villages on the Daquq front; on April 5 and 26, 2016, the battle of the district committee headquarters in Tuz; and on October 21, 2016, repelling the attack of ISIS militants into the city of Kirkuk.

He was a member of the  Eleventh، Twelfth and  Thirteenth Congresses of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. At the Fourteenth Congress, he was elected as a reserve member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. On February 3, 2023, he assumed the position of assistant to the organization office of the Kirkuk-Garmian province.

Among his works:

He has several legal and historical studies, and 3 works have been printed as books.

- An Introduction to Understanding Elections, 2002, is taught as a curriculum in the high school stage of the Ministry of Education. 

- The Responsibility of the Administration for Compensation for Victims of Terrorist Crimes, 2003.

- Guarantees of Public Rights and Freedoms in Confronting Administrative Control Measures, 2015.

Source:

- Archive of the Encyclopedia Board of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.