Kaka Ismail Omar Khidr, known as Sayid Kaka, a commander and politician, in Year 1962 he held the rank of squad leader in the Peshmerga forces, in 1976 he was among the founding members of the Kurdistan Socialist Movement, in 1977 he was elected as the commander of the Erbil Plain region of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, in 1981 at the first congress he became a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Socialist Party, in 1983 he became a member of the Military Leadership Committee of the forces of the Joint Front (National Democratic Front), in 1993 he was elected by the representatives of the eleventh congress as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, on June 4, 2005, in the second term he became a member of the Kurdistan National Assembly on the list of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, on December 15, 2010, he was awarded the Barzani the Immortal Medal by President Masoud Barzani.

Biography

Kaka Ismail Omar Khidr, known as Sayid Kaka, was born in 1932 in the city of Erbil. He is a primary school graduate and learned to read and write under the guidance of the poet Mamosta Goran. In 1953, he participated in the uprising of the Erbil Plain farmers against the feudal lords. On September 6, 1961, he participated in the Sherawa strike to prevent the Iraqi police convoy coming from Kirkuk to Erbil from breaking the Erbil city strike, as they were demanding the national rights of the Kurds from the Iraqi government. In 1975, after the collapse of the September Revolution, he went to the Kingdom of Iran as a refugee. In 1975, he was settled in the town of Mahan in the Kerman province of Iran. In 1975, he returned to Southern Kurdistan and was exiled with his family by the authorities of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party to the city of Ramadi in western Iraq.

In 1988, after the Anfal campaigns, he went to the Islamic Republic of Iran as a refugee. On January 30, 2005, he was a candidate for the Kurdistan National Democratic list, number 162, for the Kurdistan National Assembly. On June 4, 2005, in the second term, he became a member of the Kurdistan National Assembly on the list of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. He is proficient in Kurdish, Arabic, and Persian languages. He wrote a book titled (Memoirs of a Peshmerga - 2000). He passed away on August 24, 2025.

Struggle Record

Sayid Kaka joined the ranks of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Iraq in 1953. In 1956, he was imprisoned and tortured for two years due to his political and Kurdish nationalist activities. In 1961, he initially operated as an armed cell in the city of Erbil, and after being exposed by the Intelligence Agency of the Iraqi Army, he joined the ranks of the Peshmerga forces. In Year 1962, he held the rank of squad leader in the Peshmerga forces. In 1963, he participated in the battle of Qashqa village (Erbil) against the National Guard (al-Haras al-Qawmi) forces. In 1963, he participated in the battle of Khurkhur (Erbil) against the National Guard forces. In 1963, he participated in the battle of Aziana (Kirkuk) against the National Guard and the Iraqi Army. In Year 1964, his Peshmerga rank was promoted to platoon leader. In Year 1964, he was one of the organizers of the Newroz celebration in Bestana, Erbil. In Year 1964, he was a representative at the Sixth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the town of Qaladiza, Sulaymaniyah province. In Year 1965, he participated in the epic of Safin.

In 1966, his Peshmerga rank was promoted to battalion commander in the Erbil Plain battalion of the Safin forces. In 1966, he was a representative at the Seventh Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the town of Galala, Erbil province. In 1969, as the commander of the First Battalion of the Erbil Plain forces in the Didewan area, he confronted the ground forces of the Iraqi Army and managed to defeat them. In 1970, he was a representative at the Eighth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 1974, his Peshmerga rank was promoted to commander of the First Battalion of the Erbil Plain forces. On September 6, 1974, he was among the commanders who participated in defeating the Iraqi Army's ground forces in the battle of Makok. In 1974, he was the commander of the battle of Samaq Shirin village. In 1974, on the Kani Kolan line and the peak of Qalawi Diwana in the battle of Daraban village, he managed to stop the advance of the Iraqi Army forces. In mid-April 1975, he participated in the broad Mahabad meeting in Eastern Kurdistan to continue the struggle and resistance and to prepare for the revolution. In 1975, he was exiled with his family by the authorities of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party to the city of Ramadi in western Iraq. In 1976, he was among the founding members of the Kurdistan Socialist Movement.

On August 8, 1976, he headed to the mountains of Kurdistan for the purpose of armed struggle. On August 31, 1977, he participated in the first meeting of the leadership of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan in Dolakoste in the international border triangle (Iraq - Turkey - Iran) belonging to Erbil Governorate for the purpose of distributing positions, and he was elected as the commander of the Erbil Plain region of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. In the year 1978, he participated in the Bazi battle against the forces of the Provisional Leadership of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In the year 1978, in the Hakarê battle, he was taken prisoner by the forces of the Provisional Leadership of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In the year 1978, he escaped from detention and reached the forces of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan in the Qandil Mountains belonging to the border of Sulaymaniyah Governorate. In the year 1979, due to the advancement of the old cadres of the (Ibrahim Ahmad - Jalal Talabani) group and their opposition to the old cadres of the wing of President Mustafa Barzani, he separated from the ranks of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan along with a large number of cadres and Peshmerga. In the year 1979, at the unification conference, he became a member of the Central Committee of the United Socialist Party of Kurdistan. In the year 1981, at the first congress, he became a member of the Central Committee of the Socialist Party of Kurdistan. In the year 1983, he became a member of the Military Leadership Committee of the forces of the Jod Front (National Democratic Front). In the year 1985, he became a member of the Political Bureau of the Socialist Party of Kurdistan. In the year 1991, as a leader and commander, he participated in the uprising of Southern Kurdistan. On March 19, he participated in the meeting of the Kurdistan Front for the purpose of determining the time of the election of the National Council of Kurdistan and the economic situation and security of Southern Kurdistan. In the year 1992, he nominated himself for the National Council of Kurdistan on the Unification list (Hask and Pasok).

On Thursday, August 20, 1992, in the city of Erbil, he participated in the first congress of the Kurdistan Unification Party for the unification of the three Kurdish political organizations of Southern Kurdistan, which consisted of the Socialist Party of Kurdistan, the Kurdistan Independent Democratic Party (Pasok), and the Kurdistan People's Democratic Party. On Thursday, August 27, 1992, he was elected by the congress representatives as a member of the Central Committee of the Unification Party. In the year 1992, he was made the head of the Martyrs' Families Assistance and Disabled Affairs Agency and a member of the military agency of the (Kurdistan Unification Party). In the year 1993, with the Kurdistan Democratic Party, he was elected by the representatives of the eleventh congress as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. On January 1, 1995, during the civil war phase in Southern Kurdistan, his house in the city of Erbil was looted by gunmen of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. In the year 1999, he was a representative of the twelfth congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. On February 1, 2004, his son Shwan Sayid Kakayi was martyred by a suicide bomber of the (Al-Qaeda) terrorist group inside the headquarters of the Erbil Branch 2 Committee. On Friday, January 7, 2005, he survived a terrorist bombing operation in the city of Erbil. In the year 2010, he was a representative of the thirteenth congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the city of Erbil. On December 15, 2010, he was awarded the Immortal Barzani Medal by President Masoud Barzani.

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