Officer and politician Younis Muhammad Salim Younis, known as Lieutenant Younis, First Lieutenant General Younis Rojbayani, graduated from the Military College in Baghdad in the Year 1967, in the Year 1971 he joined the ranks of the Aylul Revolution and after the reorganization of the Peshmerga forces following the collapse of the Aylul Revolution in the Year 1977, he joined the Peshmerga forces of the Provisional Leadership of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In the Year 1979, at the 9th Congress he was elected as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. On April 25, 1993, in the first cabinet, he was appointed Minister of Interior of the Kurdistan Regional Government. In the same year, at the 11th Congress he was re-elected as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Unified. In the Year 2010, at the 13th Congress he was elected as a member of the Leadership Council of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. He is a recipient of the Barzani Immortal Medal and has retired with the rank of First Lieutenant General.

Biography

Younis Muhammad Salim Younis was born in the city of Duhok in the Year 1944. He completed his primary, middle, and high school education in the city of Mosul. On January 6, 1964, he was admitted to the Military College in Baghdad and in the Year 1967, he was granted the rank of Second Lieutenant. After completing his studies, he was appointed to the Iraqi Ministry of Defense and served in various military locations and positions. He is proficient in Kurdish, Arabic, and Persian languages.

Struggle Record

Younis Muhammad Salim joined the ranks of the Kurdistan Students Union in the Year 1960, joined the ranks of the Party in the Year 1961, and joined the ranks of the Peshmerga forces of the Aylul Revolution in the Year 1971, and served in various locations and positions as a Peshmerga and Commander, and participated in the battles and confrontations against the enemy forces.

In the Year 1975, after the collapse of the Aylul Revolution he became a refugee in the Country of Iran. In early April of the Year 1975, he was tasked by comrade Masoud Barzani to prepare for the Gulan Revolution and in the Year 1976, by the order of Idris Barzani (1944-1987) and for the purpose of maintaining contact with the organizations, he secretly visited Southern Kurdistan.

On November 15, 1977, he participated in the broad meeting of the Bedawi of the Provisional Leadership of the Kurdistan Democratic Party for the reorganization of the Peshmerga forces and the reactivation of the organizations. In the Year 1979, at the 9th Congress1997, 10th Congress 1989، 11th Congress 1993 and Twelfth Congress 1999 he was elected as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In the Year 1980, he was appointed as the head of the Third Branch Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In the Year 1988, he was appointed as the head of the Military Bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, and in the same year, he was made the axis commander in the Battle of Khwakurk.

On May 19, 1992, in the first term, he was elected as a member of the Kurdistan National Council on the Party list and was made the head of the Peshmerga Affairs Committee. On April 25, 1993, in the first cabinet, he was appointed Minister of Interior of the Kurdistan Regional Government.

In the Year 2004, he was made the head of the Fourteenth Branch Committee of Mosul of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In the Year 2010, at the 13th Congress he was elected as a member of the Leadership Council of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. On February 16, 2017, he survived an assassination attempt inside the city of Mosul, but two of his guards were martyred. Due to his resistance in the Aylul Revolution، Gulan Revolution and the Uprising of Southern Kurdistan and the stage of sovereignty, he was awarded the Barzani Immortal Medal by President Masoud Barzani.

Among his works:

  1. The Beginnings of Guerrilla Warfare in Kurdistan - 1986.
Sources:
  1. Hamid Gawhari, The Barzani Medal is the Highest Award of Honor, First Book, Second Edition, (Erbil - Barzani Charity Foundation - 2019 AD).
  2. Faisal Rasul Khoshnaw, Biography of Kurdish Officers, Part Two, (Tehran - Rojhalat Printing House - 2020 AD).
  3. Younis Rojbayani, The Beginnings of Guerrilla Warfare in Kurdistan, (Location Unknown - Khabat Printing House - 1986 AD).
  4. Ahmed Sharif Lak, Analysis of Historical Events, Volume Two, (Erbil - Rojhalat Printing House - 2019 AD).
  5. Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Board.    
  6. Hamid Gawhari, The Barzani Medal is the Highest Award of Honor, Volume One, (Erbil - Barzani Charity Foundation - Haji Hashim Printing House - 2014 AD).
  7. Habib Muhammad Karim, History of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Iraq (In Key Stations) 1946 - 1993, (Duhok - Khabat Printing House - 1998 AD).
  8. Shaban Ali Shaban, Some Political and Historical Information, Third Edition, (Erbil - Rojhalat Printing House - 2013 AD).
  9. Ali Sinjari, The Kurdish Issue and the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party in Iraq, Part Three, (Duhok - Khani Printing House - 2012 AD).