As a tradition of reorganization and self-renewal, in the month of April of the year 2001, after favorable conditions emerged, the decision to hold the new congress of the Kurdistan Students Union was made, and for this purpose, a preparatory committee for the congress was formed in the Secretariat Office, headed by the Secretary of the Kurdistan Students Union. This committee, during the period between the date of 5 to 20 of April 2001, carried out all the preparations for the congress, and the members of the congress were elected from the branches and regional committees to the congress 1.
After the preparations, on the days of 28 to 31 of July 2001, the congress began its work in the city of Erbil, under the slogan (Science - Peace - Renewal) and with the presence of President Masoud Barzani. First, President Masoud Barzani delivered his speech, then the letter of Jalal Talabani, the first secretary of this union and the Secretary of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, was read, as well as the speech of Dr. Roj Nuri Shaways the President of the Kurdistan National Assembly, Nechirvan Barzani the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government, the Minister of Education, the Governor of Erbil, and the representative of the Kurdistan Students Association were read 2. In this congress, 427 representatives from all organizations of the Kurdistan Students Union participated 3. As a result,
, the representatives elected a new executive committee as follows:
1- Musa Ahmed Agha
2- Isa Ahmed Agha
3- Layla Amir As
4- Firsat Sofi
5- Shilan Jaafar Ali
6- Rojgar Hamad Amin, known as Rojgar Sheikhani
7- Ali Tatar Tofiq
8- Mazhar Awla
9- Sakar Ghazi Muhammad Ali
10- Nawzad Abdullah
11- Nizar Sheikh Tahir
12- Faisal Sadiq Tofiq
13- Yasin Salih Hama
14- Zubair Abdullah
15- Barzan Ziad
16- Hajar Kako Ahmed
17- Omid Kamil
18- Azar Haso Mirkan
19- Muzaffar Fakhir
20- Zeravan Hussein Hassan
21- Mardan Khadr
Reserve members of the executive committee:
2- Lawand Osman
3- Jutiar Ali
4- Kawa Rasul
5- Awat Karokh 4.
On the date of 14 of August 2001 and at the headquarters of the Secretariat Office of the Kurdistan Students Union, among the members of the executive committee, the members of the Secretariat Office were elected as follows:
1- Musa Ahmed- Secretary
2- Isa Ahmed- Member of the Secretariat Office
3- Yasin Salih Hama- Member of the Secretariat Office
4- Layla Amir As- Member of the Secretariat Office
5- Firsat Sofi- Member of the Secretariat Office
6- Hajar Kako- Member of the Secretariat Office
7- Shilan Sheikh Jaafar- Member of the Secretariat Office 5.
Sources and footnotes
1- Irfan Aziz Aziz, Congresses and Conferences of the Kurdistan Students Union, First Edition, (Erbil- Rojhalat Printing House-2012), p. 154.
2- Ashti, President Barzani sponsors the Tenth Conference of the Kurdistan Students Union, Gulan Arabi Magazine, Gulan Institution for Culture and Media, Issue 63, Sixth Year, Erbil, Ministry of Education Printing House, 31 August 2001 AD, p. 4; Firsat Sofi, Panorama of the Tenth Congress of the Kurdistan Students Union under the slogan Science, Peace, Renewal, Khabati Qutabian Magazine, Organ of the Kurdistan Students Union, Issue 49, Erbil, September 2001 AD, pp. 15 - 16.
3- The (10)th Congress of the Kurdistan Students Union concludes its work, Brayati Newspaper, Organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Issue 3449, Wednesday, 1 of August 2001 AD, p. 3; Firsat Sofi, previous source, p. 17.
4- Sirwan Osman, A Shining History and an Uninterrupted Caravan, (Erbil- Ministry of Culture Printing House- 2014), pp. 48-49.
5- Irfan Aziz Aziz, previous source, pp. 158-159.