Biography

Selim As'ed Xoshewi was born in 1943 in the village of Birakepra in the Akre district, where their families had been forcibly relocated at that time. He is a graduate of the third grade of middle school. In 1947, after the fall of the republic, he was exiled to Tel Afar and Ramadi, and in 1954 he returned to Barzan. In 1975, after the collapse of the September Revolution, he migrated to Iran and settled in the city of Karaj. In addition to his mother tongue, he also knows Persian.

Work History

In 1961, he joined the Peshmerga forces of the September Revolution . From the beginning of his involvement until 1964, he was a personal bodyguard to Mullah Mustafa Barzani. In 1964, he became the commander of the Amadiya force. In the September Revolution , he participated in many defensive battles, including in 1961 the battle of Zawite-Com Cihan between Zakho and Duhok, in 1962 in the battles of Sidekan, Balekayati, Diyana Plain, Dola Reqe, Mount Safin, and various areas of Sulaymaniyah, and in 1974 he participated in the battle of the Duhok Valley.

In 1961, he was wounded in the battle of Zawite. In 1969, he became a member of the Amadiya district committee of the First Branch. In 1964, he was a member of the 6th Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), and in the same year, he became the commander of the Amadiya force. In 1970, after the March 11 agreement, he was a Captain at the Bamarni airport and became the commander of the 3rd Border Guard Battalion.

In 1976, he joined the Peshmerga forces of the Gulan Revolution and was the commander of the Xebat force in Zewe, East Kurdistan. In 1979, he was a member of the 9th Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.

In 1991, he participated in the uprising of the people of Kurdistan. In 2010, he was a member of the 13th Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). In the same congress, he was awarded by President Masoud Barzani with the medal of the immortal Barzani. He is currently a member of the High Committee of the Barzan district.

References:

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