Politician and First General Omar Osman Ibrahim, known as Lieutenant Ali and Zaeem Ali, joined the ranks of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the Year 1962, and in the 9th Congress 1979، 10th Congress 1989، 11th Congress 1993 and 12th Congress 1999 he was elected as a member of the Central Committee and later as a member of the Political Bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, and in the year 2010 in the 13th Congress he was elected as a member of the Leadership Council, and in the first meeting of the Leadership Council, he was elected as a member of the Political Bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party again. In the third (1996) and fourth (1999) cabinets, he became the Minister of Peshmerga Affairs. Zaeem Ali is a recipient of the Barzani the Immortal Medal.

Biography

Zaeem Ali was born in the city of Erbil in 1949. He completed his primary, middle, and high school education in the city of Erbil. In 1970, he was accepted into the Military College in Baghdad on the list of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, and in 1972, he obtained a bachelor's degree in military science with the rank of Second Lieutenant. In 2004, he was granted the rank of First General, and in 2005 he became the military advisor to Jalal Talabani (1933-2017), the President of Iraq. In the third (1996) and fourth (1999) cabinets, he became the Minister of Peshmerga Affairs. He is proficient in the Kurdish, Arabic, and Persian languages.

Struggle Record

Zaeem Ali joined the ranks of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the Year 1962. In 1974, he was a commander of the Peshmerga in the Balakayati region, and in 1975, after the collapse of the Aylul Revolution he went to the Country of Iran as a refugee. In 1976, he went to the Syrian Arab Republic, and in 1977, as a commander, he went to the liberated areas of the Gulan Revolution.

In the 9th Congress (1979), 10th Congress (1989), 11th 1993 and 12th 1999, he was elected as a member of the Central Committee and later as a member of the Political Bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, and in the year 2010 in the 13th Congress he was elected as a member of the Leadership Council, and in the first meeting of the Leadership Council, he was elected as a member of the Political Bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party again. In the year 2022, in the 14th Congress  he was elected as a member of the Central Committee, and in the first meeting of the Leadership Committee, he was elected as a member of the Political Bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party again.

During his work in the ranks of the Kurdistan Democratic Party he has taken on many tasks and responsibilities, such as: responsible for the Branch 2 Committee (1983), member of the Military Leadership Committee of the Joint Front forces (1983), responsible for the Badinan Axis (1986), member of the Central Inspection Committee (1988), one of the commanders of the Khwakurk Epic (1988), primary responsible for the Branch 1 Committee (1989), responsible for the Military Department of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (1990), responsible for the Branch 9 Committee (1993), responsible for the Branch 2 Committee (2000), etc.   

In 1991, he participated in the uprising of South Kurdistan, and in the third (1996) and fourth (1999) cabinets, he became the Minister of Peshmerga Affairs, and in 2007, he was a member of the General Command of the Peshmerga forces of Kurdistan.

In the year 2010, due to his service in the Aylul Revolution، Gulan Revolution and the phase of the uprising of South Kurdistan and the phase of sovereignty, he was awarded the Barzani the Immortal Medal by President Masoud Barzani.

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