Naaman Isa Sharif, known as Naaman Barzani, joined the Kurdistan Democratic Party in 1946, and in 1964 he was elected by the congress representatives as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party ( Sixth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party ) was elected, in 1966 he was elected by the congress representatives as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (Seventh Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party ) was elected, in 1964 he became the Governor of Mosul, and in Mosul province during the years (1964-1967) he was the head of the First Branch Committee.

Biography

Naaman Isa Sharif, known as Naaman Barzani, was born in the sub-district of Bile, Mergasor district, Erbil province. In 1945, after the collapse of the Second Barzan Revolution, he became a refugee in Eastern Kurdistan. In 1947, after the collapse of the Republic of Kurdistan, he returned to Southern Kurdistan and was imprisoned for a time. He was a graduate of the Baghdad Institute in 1953. In the 1950s, he was a civil servant in the town of Shaqlawa, Erbil province, and in 1958 he was a civil servant in the town of Zakho, Mosul province.

 In 1961, he was deported by the authorities of the Republic of Iraq along with his family to the town of Musayyib in southern Iraq. On May 31, 1973, by the order of Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr (1914-1982), the President of Iraq, he was retired without regard for laws and regulations. On June 25, 1973, he passed away due to heart failure in the town of Rawandiz and was buried in the city of Zakho, Dohuk province, on the morning of the same day in the presence of Teacher Hashim Hassan Rashid (1926-1990), known as Hashim Akrayi, the Governor of Dohuk, and Abdulwahab Atrushi the Governor of Erbil, the administrative staff of the Second Branch Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the administrative staff of the First Branch Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and a large number of the public. He was proficient in Kurdish, Hebrew, Arabic, and English.

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Struggle Record

Naaman Barzani joined the Kurdish Hiwa Party in 1943. In 1945, he was an official in the food department of the sub-district of Bile, Erbil province, and had connections with revolutionaries. In 1945, under the command of Asaad Khoshawi, he participated in the Second Barzan Revolution. He participated in the artillery course in Tabriz in the Republic of Azerbaijan. His wife was one of the women who sewed the Kurdistan flag in 1946. In 1946, he participated in the Battle of Saqqez front on the border of the Republic of Kurdistan.

 In 1946, he joined the Kurdistan Democratic Party and was a member of the peace movement. In 1958, at the request of Salih Abdullah Najmadin (1918-1981), known as Seyda Salih Yusifi he was appointed as a member of the Zakho District Committee under the First Branch Committee of the United Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 1959, he was elected as a member of the Zakho District Committee under the First Branch Committee in the second staff of the Zakho District Committee during the leadership of Omar Hassan (1922-2001), known as Omar Bamarni.

 In 1959, during the rebellion of Colonel Abdulwahab Shawaf (1916-1959) against Abdul Karim Qasim (1914-1963), the Prime Minister of Iraq, he was in command of a force of armed supporters of the United Kurdistan Democratic Party to capture the Qaimaqam of Zakho, who was a supporter of Colonel Abdulwahab Shawaf. In 1959, he was a representative of the Fourth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Iraq. From December 20, 1959, to December 10, 1960, after the conclusion of the Fifth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party he was appointed as the head of the Zakho District Committee under the First Branch Committee. In 1959, as a representative of the First Branch Committee, he participated in the Fourth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Iraq.

 On Saturday, January 8, 1960, he was on the list of fifty supporters of the founding body of the Kurdistan Democratic Party during the phase of open activity. By profession, he was an assistant clerk (Mu'awin Katib Tahrir). In 1960, he was elected by the congress representatives as a reserve member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (Fifth Congress). In 1960, he was appointed as a member of the Zakho District Committee under the First Branch Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party . In 1961, he joined the ranks of the Peshmerga Forces. From the spring of 1962 to the autumn of Year 1965, he was the head of the First Branch Committee in the ninth staff. In 1963, his brother Ahmed Isa Sharif was poisoned by the Iraqi government during the Aylul Revolution who was previously a deputy radio officer in the Iraqi army and a collaborator with the Aylul Revolution .

 In 1964, he stood against the decisions of the Mawat meeting and the Political Bureau faction and supported President Mustafa Barzani (1903-1979). In early May 1964, he was elected as a member of the preparatory committee for the Sixth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party . In 1964, he was elected by the congress representatives as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (Sixth Congress). In 1964, he became a member of the Revolutionary Command Council in Iraqi Kurdistan. In 1964, he was appointed by the Revolutionary Command Council in Iraqi Kurdistan as the administrative head of the revolution in Mosul province. During the years (1964-1967), he was the head of the First Branch Committee.

 In 1964, he was appointed as the Governor of Mosul by the Executive Bureau (Al-Maktab al-Tanfidhi) of the Revolutionary Command Council in Iraqi Kurdistan. In December 1965, as a representative of the Kurdistan Democratic Party he participated in the Fourth Conference of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Syria with the aim of unifying all factions. In 1966, he was elected by the congress representatives as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (Seventh Congress). In 1966, by the order of President Mustafa Barzani He was busy organizing and unifying the wings of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Syria. In 1967, he was appointed for the second time as the head of the First Branch Committee. In 1967, he published articles in the magazine (Sawt Kurdistan), the organ of the First Branch Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.

 In 1969, he was appointed for the third time as the head of the First Branch Committee. In 1970, he was elected by the Congress representatives as an alternate member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (8th Congress). In 1970, he was appointed as the head of the First Branch Committee, which had its headquarters in the city of Mosul. On September 16, 1970, by an order of the Revolutionary Command Council, he was appointed as the Qaimaqam of Rawandiz, affiliated with Erbil Governorate. On Wednesday, June 2, 1971, as an alternate member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and Qaimaqam of Rawandiz, he was among those receiving the delegation of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party, who visited Barzani's headquarters in the Balak region, affiliated with Erbil Governorate.

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