Politician Omar Osman Omar Hamad, known as Omar Mergasori, joined the ranks of the Kurdistan Peshmerga Forces in the Year 1964, was wounded several times during his Peshmerga service, was a Peshmerga of both Aylul Revolution and  Gulan Revolution and is a recipient of the Barzani Medal.

Biography

Omar Osman was born in 1948 in Erbil, completed his high school stage in the Country of Iran in 1977, and was appointed as a teacher in the city of Qazvin in Iran in 1978.

Struggle History

Omar Osman joined the ranks of the Peshmerga forces in 1964, participated in the Zozk epic in the border of Erbil province in 1966, and in 1967, with the rank of squad leader, he was responsible for the weapons and ammunition warehouse of the Aylul Revolution . He held several positions of responsibility within the ranks of the Peshmerga forces, participated in several battles and confrontations against the Iraqi army, and was wounded several times.

In 1975, after the collapse of the Aylul Revolution , he became a refugee in the Country of Iran and taught as a teacher to refugee students. In the Year 1979, he rejoined the ranks of the Gulan Revolution Peshmerga forces, participated in several battles and clashes, and in 1988, as a commander, he participated in the Khwakurk epic on the border of Erbil province against the Iraqi army forces and was wounded. In the Tenth Congress of 1989, he was elected as a reserve member of the Central Committee, and in the Eleventh Congress of 1993 and the Twelfth of 1999, he was elected as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.

In 1991, he participated in the uprising of Southern Kurdistan and the liberation of the cities of Erbil, Qushtapa, Pirde, and Kirkuk. On April 11, 1991, he participated in the Kore epic against the armored unit of the Iraqi army. In 1993, he was the first person responsible for the 10th Soran Branch Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. On December 20, 1999, he took the legal oath before the Kurdistan National Assembly and was made Minister of Peshmerga Affairs (Fourth Cabinet). On November 1 of the same year, he was made responsible for the 9th Akre Branch Committee affiliated with the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In the years (2004-2005), he became the responsible for the 10th Soran Branch Committee for the third time. On March 8, 2005, he became the responsible for the Peshmerga Organization Office of the Kurdistan Democratic Party .

 In 2007, he was appointed as the field commander of Soran. On Thursday, December 16, 2010, by 1500 congress representatives with 547 votes, he was elected as a reserve member of the Leadership Council of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the ranking of 1st reserve of the winners in the Thirteenth Congress . In 2010, as a tribute to the participants of the Aylul Revolution، , Gulan Revolution, and the uprising of Southern Kurdistan, he was awarded the Medal of the Immortal Barzani by President Masoud Barzani . In 2014, he participated in the war against ISIS on the Gwer-Makhmur front and the Rabia front. He is proficient in both Kurdish and Persian languages. Source:

Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Committee.

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