Engineer Ramzi Khalil Shaaban Known as Ramzi Shaaban, was born in Erbil. In 1959, he joined the ranks of the Party, and in the Year 1979, he joined the ranks of the Peshmerga forces and participated in Gulan Revolution He participated in it. In 1975, he was the head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party organizations in the Kingdom of Sweden. In the Year 1979, he left Europe to participate in the struggle, first heading to the Islamic Republic of Iran, and later reaching Southern Kurdistan. In the Year 1979, he joined the ranks of the Peshmerga forces and participated in Gulan Revolution He participated in it. In the Year 1979, he was elected by the Congress representatives as a reserve member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party 9th Congress He was elected. In 2010, he was elected as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party 13th Congress He was elected.

Biography:

Engineer Ramzi Khalil Shaaban, Known as Ramzi Shaaban, was born in the city of Erbil in 1942. He studied primary school in Amadiya and middle school in the city of Mosul. In 1959, he finished high school in the city of Mosul. On November 23, 1959, he headed to the Czechoslovak Republic for the purpose of study. In 1970, he obtained a bachelor's degree from the University of Agricultural Engineering in Suchdol. In 1972, he received a master's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Suchdol. In 1975, he applied for asylum in the Kingdom of Sweden. In the Year 1979, he left Europe to participate in the struggle, first heading to the Islamic Republic of Iran, and later reaching Southern Kurdistan. On April 3, 2021, he passed away due to the COVID-19 pandemic in one of the hospitals in the Country of Turkey. He was proficient in Arabic, Czech, Russian, English, Persian, Slovak, and Swedish.

Struggle History:

His father, Khalil Shaaban (1905-1965), was a member of the Hiwa Party of the Kurd and participated in the second Barzani revolution. In 1945, after the Fall of the second Barzani revolution (1943-1945), he became a refugee in Eastern Kurdistan. In 1946, he participated in serving the Democratic Republic of Kurdistan. In 1947, after the Fall of the Democratic Republic of Kurdistan, under the command of General Mustafa Barzani (1903-1979), he resisted the army of the Kingdom of Iran. In 1947, at the end of the defense of the Democratic Republic of Kurdistan, at the point of the Gadar River, in the company of Sheikh Ahmed Sheikh Mohammed Sheikh Abdulsalam, Known as Sheikh Ahmed Barzani, and his own family, he surrendered to the Iraq police. Initially, he was detained in Simi Diana, which belongs to Erbil Governorate, and later he and his family were exiled for five years to the town of Hammam al-Alil in Mosul Governorate.

Ramzi Shaaban joined the ranks of the Party in 1959. In 1959, in the city of Baghdad, in the company of his father, he visited Sheikh Ahmed Barzani, the leader Mustafa Barzani On November 23, 1959, he headed to the Czechoslovak Republic for the purpose of study. In 1959, he joined the ranks of the Kurdish Students Association in Europe (K.S.S.E) in 1960, he was the head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party organizations in the Czechoslovak Democratic Republic. In 1963, he addressed a letter to Ahmed Ben Bella, the President of Algeria, regarding the crimes of the Iraq government against the Kurd. In 1966, he participated in the Congress of the Kurdish Students Association (K.S.S.E) in Europe in the city of West Berlin. In 1975, he applied for asylum in the Kingdom of Sweden. In 1975, he was the head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party organizations in the Kingdom of Sweden. In the Year 1979, he left Europe to participate in the struggle, first heading to the Islamic Republic of Iran, and later reaching Southern Kurdistan. In the Year 1979, he joined the ranks of the Peshmerga forces and participated in Gulan Revolution He participated in it. In the Year 1979, he was elected by the Congress representatives as a reserve member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party 9th Congress He was elected. In 1981, he was a teacher of political parties courses in the seventh session of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Cadre Institute in the village of Rajan in Eastern Kurdistan. In 1981, he was made the head of the 6th Branch Committee of Europe of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. During the years (1981-1985), he was the editor-in-chief of the Country newspaper in Europe. On July 16, 1985, he was appointed as the head of the Finance Department of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, and was the head of the Finance Bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. On the 30th of

From November 1985 to April 3, 1986, he was a lecturer of political economy in the eighth session of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Cadre Institute in the village of Rajan in Eastern Kurdistan. In 1985, he was appointed as the head of the Sixth Branch Committee of Europe. In 1987, in the fourteenth staff, under the responsibility of Dr. Roj Nuri Shaways, he was appointed as the Deputy Head of the First Branch Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 1987, for the second time, he was made the head of the Financial Office. During the years (1988-1991), in the fifteenth staff, he was appointed as the head of the First Branch Committee. On January 1, 1988, as the head of the First Branch Committee, he supervised and commanded the Dereluk battle, in which the Iraqi Army had nearly one thousand killed and wounded, 562 prisoners, and the capture of one thousand light and semi-heavy weapons in the seizure of 112 positions. President Masoud Barzani and the Political Bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party sent a congratulatory telegram to the First Branch Committee on this occasion. In 1989, he was a representative to the 10th Congress of the Party. On January 13, 1990, he was appointed as a committee member in the Central Organization Department of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 1991, he was made the head of the Central Organization Office of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In July 1993, he was appointed as the head of the Finance Committee of the Eleventh Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Unified. In 1993, by the congress representatives, he was elected as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Unified Eleventh Congress . In 1993, he was made the head of the Relations Office of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Unified. On October 16, 1993, he participated in the opening ceremony of the Freedom Congress of the Kurdistan Students Union and the Kurdistan Democratic Youth Union in the city of Erbil. At the end of 1994, he was the head of the First Branch Committee of Dohuk. At the beginning of 1996, he was the Deputy Head of the First Branch Committee of Dohuk. In 1999, by the congress representatives, he was elected as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Twelfth Congress . During the years (1997-2017), he was the head of the Central Administrative and Financial Office. In 2002, he was appointed as a member of the High Committee for the Centenary of the Immortal Barzani. In 2011, he was appointed as a candidate member for the Political Bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. On August 16, 2018, due to his struggle and resistance in the Aylul Revolution، Gulan Revolution and the uprising of Southern Kurdistan and the era of sovereignty, by President Masoud Barzani he was awarded the Medal of the Immortal Barzani.

Source:
  1. Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Board.