Biography‌

Fatih Muhammad Amin Murtaza was born in Kirkuk Governorate, his lineage goes back to the Feyli Siyamansuri tribe whose ancestors migrated from the Kermanshah region of Eastern Kurdistan towards Southern Kurdistan, in 1959 he was accepted into the Kurdish Department of the College of Arts at the University of Baghdad, on October 9, 1962, his brother teacher Hasib Muhammad Amin (1926-1962) was martyred in the battle of Aghjalar in the border of Kirkuk Governorate during an attack by the ground forces of the Iraq army, the aforementioned is considered the first martyr teacher Aylul Revolution in 1963 he received his bachelor's degree in the Kurdish Department at the University of Baghdad, in the years (1970-1974) he was the Deputy Director of Education of Kirkuk and responsible for Kurdish studies, in August 1971 he was the representative of the Congress of Education Administrators of the northern governorates of Iraq in the town of Pirmam affiliated with Erbil Governorate to discuss the problems of education and employment. He was proficient in Kurdish, Arabic, Turkmen, Persian, English and German languages.

Struggle record

Fatih Muhammad Amin Murtaza in 1957 during the Kingdom of Iraq era joined the ranks of the Party, worked under the secret name Brusk, in 1959 joined the Kurdistan Students Union, in the years (1959-1962) was a member of the University of Baghdad organization committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, in 1963 joined the ranks of the Peshmerga forces and served as a political guide in the Qaradagh force, in 1963 participated in the Zanbur battle in the border of Kirkuk Governorate against the ground forces of the Iraqi army, in 1963 was an administrator of the Third Branch Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, in 1964 worked at the Voice of Kurdistan radio and was an announcer for the Turkmen language section, in 1964 was the second official of the Fifth Branch Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, in 1964 stood against the decisions of the broad Mawat meeting which was organized by the Political Bureau wing of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and supported President Mustafa Barzani did.

In 1964 he was a member of the twelve-person negotiating delegation of the Sixth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party which, with the approval of President Mustafa Barzani (1903-1979), went to the Political Bureau wing with the intention of their participation in the Sixth Congress, but due to the insistence on the non-participation of the Political Bureau wing, the delegation did not succeed in its mission, in 1964 by the representatives of Sixth Congress was elected as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, in 1966 by the representatives of Seventh Congress was elected as a reserve member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, in 1966 was appointed as the official of the Third Branch Committee, in 1967 was arrested by the authorities of the Iraq government and was imprisoned in the Naqliyat prison, the General detention prison and the Ramadi prison and was severely tortured, was released at the end of 1969, in 1969 was the director of the Galala secondary school which was the only secondary school of the Aylul Revolution, in 1969 was on the editorial board of Tishk magazine, on August 5, 1970 was the representative of the Third Congress of the Kurdistan Teachers Union in the village of Nawprdan affiliated with Erbil Governorate, in 1970 was the representative of 8th Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the village of Nawprdan affiliated with Erbil Governorate, in 1970 was appointed to the eleventh staff as the second official of the headquarters of the First Branch Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.

In 1970 he was made the supervisor of the First Branch Committee, in 1971 at the headquarters of the Fourth Branch Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party he welcomed the world wrestler Adnan Al-Qaisi, in 1972 was the representative of the Fourth Congress of the Kurdistan Teachers Union in the city of Erbil, in 1972 was the official of the Kirkuk branch of the Kurdistan Teachers Union, in the middle of 1973 was a member of the founding committee of the Kurdish Cultural Association in Kirkuk, in 1973 in the election of the Kirkuk branch of the Kurdistan Writers Union was elected as a member of the administrative committee, on the days of February 1 to 3, 1974 was the representative of the Fifth Congress of the Kurdistan Teachers Union in the city of Sulaymaniyah, in 1974 was appointed as the official of the Kirkuk branch of the Kurdistan Teachers Union, in 1974 was the official of the Sirwan district committee affiliated with the Third Branch Committee, in 1975 in the Tuz Khurmatu battle in the border of Kirkuk Governorate was wounded by the ground forces of the Iraq army.

In the years (1975-1976) after the collapse of the Aylul Revolution he was a refugee in the Kingdom of Iran in the town of Naqada, in 1976 after his return to Southern Kurdistan he was deported to central Iraq, in the years (1976-1982) he spent his life in exile in Diwaniyah, in the years (1982-1991) he spent his life in exile in the city of Baqubah, the center of Diyala Governorate, in 1991 he was transferred to the city of Erbil as a teacher, in 1991 he was made the second official of the Mass Organizations Bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, in 1992 he was a candidate for membership in the Kurdistan National Assembly on the list of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the first term, in 1992 he facilitated the organization of the Sixth Congress of the Kurdistan Teachers Union, in the years (1992-1994) he was the General Director of Education of Sulaymaniyah in the Kurdistan Regional Government.

In 1993 he was the representative of Eleventh Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - United in Erbil. In the years (1993-1994), he was an administrator of the Erbil Second Branch Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - United. In 1995, he headed to the Federal Republic of Germany as a refugee. In the years (1999-2001), he was the head of the Berlin organization affiliated with the Sixth Branch Committee of Europe, affiliated with the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In the years (2001-2005), he became a member of the Kurdistan National Assembly. On April 4, 2002, he became a member of the Education and Higher Education Affairs Committee in the Kurdistan National Assembly in its first term. In 2005, he was the head of the Human Rights Department in Kirkuk Province. On November 12, 2002, he became a member of the Education and Higher Education Affairs Committee in the Kurdistan National Assembly in its first term. In the years (2011-2019), he worked as a member of the Kirkuk-Garmian Provincial Leadership Council of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. He passed away on Monday, November 2, 2020.

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