Ali Abdullah Amin, known as Josh and a party educator, engineer, and politician, was a member of the Hiwa Party in 1941, fought in the ranks of the Millet Society in 1943, was a member of the Struggle Union (Wihdat al-Nidal) in 1944, was a member of the political bureau of the Revolution Party in 1945, was the secretary of the Rizgari Party in 1945, in 1946 at First Congress was elected as a member of the Central Executive Committee and later the political bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, in 1953 at Third Congress was elected as a member of the Central Committee and political bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Iraq, in 1959 at Fourth Congress was elected as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Iraq, in 1960 at Fifth Congress was elected as a member of the Central Committee and political bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, in 1966 at Seventh Congress was re-elected as a member of the Central Committee and political bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, in 1970 at Eighth Congress was elected as a member of the Central Committee and political bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, in 1976 he was among the members of the interim leadership of the Kurdistan Democratic Party at the Berlin Conference.

, in the Year 1979 at 9th Congress was elected as secretary of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, in 1989 at Tenth Congress was granted the title of Deputy President of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, in 1993 at Eleventh Congress was made Deputy President of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Unified, in 1999 at Twelfth Congress was made Deputy President of the Kurdistan Democratic Party for the third time.

Biography

Ali Abdullah Amin was born in 1926 in the city of Koya into a well-known family, he received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the College of Engineering in Baghdad, in 1941 he joined the ranks of the Kurdish Hiwa Party in the town of Koya, in 1943 he fought in the ranks of the Millet Society, in 1944 he was a member of the Struggle Union (Wihdat al-Nidal), in 1944 he was a member of the editorial board of the Struggle Union magazine, in early summer 1944 he met with Yusuf Salman Yusuf (1901-1949), known as Fahd, the secretary of the Iraqi Communist Party, in the city of Baghdad for the purpose of merging the Struggle Union Society and the Iraqi Communist Party, but the latter accepted their membership unconditionally, in 1945 he was a member of the political bureau of the Revolution Party, in 1945 he was the secretary of the Kurdistan Rizgari Party, in 1945 he was a member of the editorial board of the Revolution newspaper, the organ of the Communist Party in Iraqi Kurdistan, in 1945 he was a member of the editorial board of the Rizgari newspaper, the organ of the Kurdistan Rizgari Party, in 1946 the joint printing press of the Communist Party in Iraqi Kurdistan and the Kurdistan Rizgari Party was hidden in the house where he lived in the city of Baghdad, in 1946 he established the Haji Qadri Koyi Library in the town of Koya for the purpose of promoting culture among the masses, in 1946 by lawyer Hamza Abdullah Omar (1915-1998) he was tasked to negotiate with lawyer Ibrahim Ahmad Fattah (1914-2000), the head of the Kurdistan Resurrection Society (JK) in Sulaymaniyah, for the purpose of joining the Kurdistan Democratic Party, he was the last member of the leadership of the First Congress who led in the ranks of the Party for 71 years until on Monday, September 25, 2017, despite his poor health, he voted (Yes) in the Kurdistan independence referendum, on the morning of Tuesday, October 24, 2017, he passed away due to illness near the city of Erbil and was buried in the city of Erbil, he was proficient in Kurdish, Arabic, Persian, and English languages.

Struggle Record

Ali Abdullah Amin in 1946 at First Congress was elected by the congress representatives as a member of the Central Executive Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party , in 1946 at the first meeting of the Central Committee he was elected as a member of the political bureau, in 1946 he was known by the secret name Josh among the organizations of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Iraq, in 1950 at the Koya Conference he became a member of the Central Executive Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, in 1951 he was exiled to the city of Mosul for a short period along with six other figures of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and was released after the reversal of the decision imposed by the court, in 1952 he was imprisoned in Mosul prison due to Kurdish activities, in 1953 by the representatives of the Third Congress he was elected as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Iraq, in 1953 at the first meeting of the Central Committee he was elected as a member of the political bureau, in the years (1953-1954) due to the pursuit of the Iraqi monarchical government, he hid with several comrades in the village of Qortelas, Erbil province, in 1956 in the merger between the Party and a group of members of the Iraqi Communist Party, which is considered the second merger, he became a member of the Central Committee of the United Kurdistan Democratic Party, in 1957 due to the joining of other members of the Iraqi Communist Party into the Party, which is considered the third merger of the Party, he became a member of the Central Committee of the United Kurdistan Democratic Party.

On December 10, 1958, he supervised the joint demonstration of the United Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Iraqi Communist Party in the town of Koya to support Brigadier General Abd al-Karim Qasim (1914-1963). On July 26, 1958, he participated in the Koya meeting for the purpose of forming a Kurdish delegation to visit the city of Baghdad to congratulate the authorities of the new Iraqi Republic and present the demands of the Kurdish nation. On July 27, 1958, they met with Brigadier General Abd al-Karim Qasim at the headquarters of the Iraqi Ministry of Defense. In 1958, he was in the first staff as the head of the Second Branch Committee of the United Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 1959, by the representatives of the Fourth Congress he was elected as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Iraq. In 1959, at the first meeting of the Central Committee, he was elected as a member of the Political Bureau. In 1959, he was appointed as the supervisor of the branch committee in the second staff of the Second Branch Committee, which was headed by the lawyer Shamsaddin Muhammad Osman (1933-2012), known as Shamsaddin Mufti. At the beginning of 1959, he was a member of the Koya National Front Committee and was in coordination with the Iraqi Communist Party to resolve all issues. In the middle of June 1959, as a representative of  the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Iraq, he welcomed Sheikh Ahmed Sheikh Muhammad Sheikh Abdulsalam (1892-1969), known as Sheikh Ahmed Barzani, and his accompanying delegation in the town of Koya and read a welcoming speech. On Saturday, January 8, 1960, he was a member of the founding body of the public phase of the Kurdistan Democratic Party . In 1960, by the representatives of the Fifth Congress he was elected as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 1960, at the first meeting of the Central Committee, he was elected as a member of the Political Bureau.

In 1960, he was appointed for the second time as the supervisor of the Second Branch Committee in the third staff of the Second Branch Committee, which was headed by the teacher Jalal Abdulrahman Amin (1928-1987), known as Jalal Beg. From December 18 to 23, 1961, he participated in the meeting of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the village of Awalan in Sulaymaniyah Governorate for the purpose of continuing the Aylul Revolution, as he was in favor of negotiations. In the middle of 1961, an arrest warrant was issued for him, but he did not surrender and hid in the city of Erbil. In 1961, he supervised all military activities of the Peshmerga forces inside the city of Erbil and encouraged the officers and non-commissioned officers of the Party within the Iraqi army to join the Peshmerga forces. On August 8, 1961, he planned the seizure of the Erbil Police Saray armory and was successful in this operation. In 1962, he was the head of the Second Branch Committee and managed the organizations of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in secret in the city of Erbil. In 1964, he participated in the broad Mawati meeting. In 1964, in the Sixth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, he was removed from the ranks of the Party due to his support for the Political Bureau faction. After joining the Ibrahim Ahmad - Jalal Talabani group on January 28, 1966, and their departure to join the Iraqi government and turning their backs on the Aylul Revolution on February 21, 1966, together with the engineer Nuri Sadiq Ali (1922-1983), known as Nuri Shaways, and Nuri Ahmed Taha (1921-1991), in a letter to President Mustafa Barzani (1903-1979), they expressed their readiness to serve the Aylul Revolution and the Party.

In the middle of 1966, he was appointed by the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party as a member of the Preparatory Committee for the Seventh Congress. In 1966, as a tribute to his struggle and remaining in the ranks of the revolution, in the Seventh Congress he was re-elected as a member of the Central Committee and later as a member of the Political Bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 1966, he was made the head of the Financial Bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 1966, he was a member of the Revolutionary Command Council of Iraqi Kurdistan. In 1966, he was a member of the Executive Office (Al-Maktab al-Tanfidhi) of the Revolutionary Command Council of Iraqi Kurdistan. On June 22, 1966, he was a member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party delegation led by Habib Fayli , the Secretary of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, with the Iraqi government, which led to the declaration of the June 29 statement by Dr. Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz (1914-1973), the Prime Minister of Iraq. On May 15, 1967, under the supervision of President Mustafa Barzani , as a member of the Political Bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, he participated in the Kani Samak (Erbil) military-political conference. From November 1968 to February 1968, he was a teacher of the Party History course for the first session of the Cadre Training School in the village of Choman in Erbil Governorate. From April 1969 to August 1969, he was a teacher of the Party History course at the Kurdistan Democratic Party Cadre Training School in the village of Nawprdan in Erbil Governorate. On June 1, 1970, he was the editor-in-chief of the Brayati newspaper. In 1970, by the representatives of the Eighth Congress he was elected as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 1970, at the first meeting of the Central Committee, he was elected as a member of the Political Bureau. From July 1970 to November 1970, he was a teacher of the Party History course in the third session of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Cadre Training School in the city of Baghdad. On December 27, 1970, he was appointed as the Governor of Sulaymaniyah and remained in office until March 1, 1974. He was the concessionaire of the Khabat newspaper. On Tuesday, February 3, 1971, the masses of Sulaymaniyah in the town of Tuz Khurmatu in Kirkuk Governorate welcomed the procession of his becoming governor as he was heading to the city of Sulaymaniyah for the purpose of taking office as governor.

On Monday, October 30, 1970, he visited Belgrade at the invitation of the Yugoslav authorities to clarify the political situation in Iraq. On Monday, February 1, 1971, he participated in the graduation ceremony of the third session of the Kurdistan Democratic Party cadre training school at the headquarters of the Fifth Branch Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Baghdad. On February 3, 1971, he was appointed Governor of Sulaymaniyah. On Tuesday, June 1, 1971, as Governor of Sulaymaniyah and a member of the Political Bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, he received a delegation from the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party. On August 16, 1971, at the Silver Jubilee celebration of the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Sulaymaniyah, he delivered a speech as Governor of Sulaymaniyah. On Wednesday, October 20, 1971, in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, he received Alexander Kirakosian, Deputy Prime Minister of the Soviet Republic of Armenia, and Karen Demirtchian, Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia. On March 30, 1972, as Governor of Sulaymaniyah, he delivered a speech at the Seventh Congress of the Kurdistan Students Union. In October 1972, at the official invitation of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia and the Fatherland Front of Bulgaria, he visited Yugoslavia and Bulgaria. On Sunday, April 8, 1973, at the headquarters of the Fifth Branch Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, he received a delegation of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia. In 1973, he was a teacher of the Party History course at the fourth session of the Kurdistan Democratic Party cadre training school in the village of Nawprdan. On Friday, February 1, 1974, as a member of the Political Bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and Governor of Sulaymaniyah, he participated in the opening ceremony of the Fifth Congress of the Kurdistan Teachers Union in Sulaymaniyah.

On March 12, 1974, due to the failure of the Iraqi government to implement the March 11 Agreement, he submitted his resignation to Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr (1914-1982), the President of Iraq. On April 2, 1974, by an order of the Revolutionary Command Council, he was retired from the position of Governor of Sulaymaniyah. In 1974, he was the head of the General Secretariat of Finance in the Aylul Revolution. From May 7, 1974, to August 8, 1974, he was a teacher of the course on the program and internal regulations of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and how to establish the Kurdistan Democratic Party at the fifth session of the Kurdistan Democratic Party cadre training school in the village of Ziney Shekhi in the Haji Omaran sub-district, Erbil Governorate. In 1974, after the issuance of the Law of the Legislative Council and the Executive Council of the Kurdistan Region, he was appointed Minister of Finance (Executive and Legislative Council). In 1975, after the collapse of the Aylul Revolution he became a refugee in the Kingdom of Iran. In 1976, he became a member of the Provisional Leadership of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (Berlin Conference), in 1977 his house became a place of rest for those who brought messages from the Provisional Leadership of the Kurdistan Democratic Party to Idris Barzani. In 1979, he was appointed as the person in charge and later the head of the Preparatory Committee for the 9th Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 1979, by the representatives of the 9th Congress he was elected as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 1979, in the first meeting of the Central Committee, he was elected as Secretary. On November 28, 1980, accompanied by President Masoud Barzani and representing the Kurdistan Democratic Party, he signed the National Democratic Front agreement (known as the JWD Front) with the Iraqi Communist Party and the Kurdistan United Socialist Party for the purpose of cooperation and joint activity. In 1981, he was appointed editor-in-chief of Khabat newspaper, the organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party for the mountain phase. On Wednesday, April 1, 1981, he participated in the opening ceremony of the seventh session of the Cadre Training Institute. From April 1, 1981, to July 7, 1981, he was a teacher of the Military Law course at the seventh session of the Kurdistan Democratic Party cadre institute in the village of Rajan in Eastern Kurdistan. In 1982, he attempted to reconcile the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Kurdistan People's Democratic Party.

From November 30, 1985, to April 3, 1986, he was a teacher of the course on the history of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and its congresses at the eighth session of the Kurdistan Democratic Party cadre institute in the village of Rajan in Eastern Kurdistan. On June 12, 1988, representing the Kurdistan Democratic Party at the Khwakurk headquarters of the Iraqi Communist Party, he signed the bylaws and program of the Kurdistan Front. In 1989, the title of Deputy President of the Kurdistan Democratic Party was granted to him at the Tenth Congress. In 1989, at the Tenth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, because of his struggle from the first congress to the tenth congress, by President Masoud Barzani he was awarded the Immortal Barzani Medal. From December 16, 1991, to February 18, 1992, he was a teacher of the course on the history of the first, second, and third congresses of the Party at the ninth session of the Kurdistan Democratic Party cadre institute in the town of Pirmam, Erbil Governorate. On March 19, he participated in the meeting of the Kurdistan Front to determine the date of the Kurdistan National Assembly elections and the economic and security situation in Southern Kurdistan. On Sunday, August 16, 1992, his article was published in Khabat newspaper, the organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 1993, as the licensee of Khabat newspaper, the organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, he received an official license from the Ministry of Culture of the Kurdistan Regional Government. In 1993, he was appointed Deputy President of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Unified Eleventh Congress, on Wednesday, November 9, 1994, at the secretariat headquarters of Jalal Talabani in Erbil, he attended a joint meeting of the Political Bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Unified and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan for the purpose of ending the tensions between them. In 1999, for the third time, he was appointed Deputy President of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Twelfth Congress, on January 6, 2000, he accompanied President Masoud Barzani has done for the purpose of opening the headquarters of the September High Agency in the town of Shaqlawa, affiliated with Erbil Governorate, in 2010 at the Thirteenth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, he was introduced by President Masoud Barzani as the 'Teacher of Partisanship'. He was the last member of the leadership of the First Congress who led in the ranks of the Party for 71 years until, on Monday, September 25, 2017, despite his poor health, he voted (Yes) in the Kurdistan independence referendum. On the morning of Tuesday, October 24, 2017, he passed away due to illness near the city of Erbil and was laid to rest in the city of Erbil. He was proficient in the Kurdish, Arabic, Persian, and English languages.

Among his works:

  1. History of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Iraq until the holding of the Third Congress - 1968.
Source:

Archive of the Kurdistan Party Encyclopedia Board.