Biography

Ferenso Toma Kanon Hariri was born in 1937 in the town of Harir, Shaqlawa district, Erbil province, into a family of Assyrian Christians, Eastern Orthodox Christians. He attended primary school in Harir and middle school in the town of Shaqlawa. In 1960, he graduated from the teachers' institute in Erbil. He was married and had four sons and a daughter. In 1960-1961, he worked as a physical education teacher in the Bile and Barzan area. He was a good player and athlete. In the years 1953-1955, he participated in school running competitions and represented Erbil province in Baghdad.

In 1953, along with students from the Erbil boys' high school, he participated in the reception of Faisal I, the first king of Iraq. In 1956, he became a member of the Brosk football team (Erbil). On December 7, 1957, in Erbil, he participated in the play Scheherazade, the proceeds of which were allocated to flood victims in Sulaymaniyah. On October 7, 1958, he visited Baghdad to welcome General Mustafa Barzani (1903-1979), who had returned from the Soviet Union. In 1959, he played for the Brosk team in Erbil. On June 5, 1959, in Erbil, he elected the new executive board for the selection of the Protection Committee of the Republic of Iraq and the representation of the General Union of Iraqi Students of the Iraqi Communist Party.

In 1975, after the failure of the September Revolution, he emigrated to Iran and settled in Urmia province, then went to Karaj and settled there. In 1991, after the Kurdistan Uprising, he returned to South Kurdistan. He held many duties and responsibilities and had a notable role in the development of the city of Erbil. He knew Kurdish, Arabic, Syriac, and Persian well.

Work History

Ferenso Toma Hariri, his first political station was as a member of the Iraqi Communist Party and head of that party's Rawandiz district committee. In 1961, he was the head of the Erbil branch of the General Union of Students of the Iraqi Communist Party, but in 1963, because he was influenced by the personality of the immortal Barzani, he joined the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). At the same time, he joined the ranks of the Peshmerga of the September Revolution , in 1963 he was the head of Peshmerga monitoring and social affairs in the Balekayati area of Erbil province, in 1964 he was appointed as the head of security for the town of Galala, which is part of Erbil province, in 1965 he was the deputy commander of the Balek force of the second army, in 1966 in Erbil province during the Zozik war he was the head of support for the Peshmerga Forces, in 1966 under the supervision of Ali Qasim, who is known as Ali Shingali , he prepared the venue for the seventh congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) in the town of Galala, in 1967 he was one of the founders of the Protection Agency, in 1967, near the town of Rawandiz in Erbil province, along with President Mustafa Barzani, he welcomed Dr. Abdulrahman Bazzaz (1914-1973), the Prime Minister of Iraq, who had visited Kurdistan for negotiations, in 1968 he became a writer and announcer in the Assyrian language section of the Voice of Kurdistan, in 1970 he became the head of the Balek district committee of the Second Branch Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), on July 15, 1970, in the village of Nawpirdan in Erbil province, he participated in the opening ceremony of the sixth congress of the Kurdistan Students Union, in 1970 he participated as a football referee in the match between the Political Bureau team and the Galala students at the Nawpirdan stadium, on July 1, 1970, by order of the Revolutionary Command Council, he was appointed as the first district governor (Qaimaqam) of Choman (Erbil), on July 15, 1970, he participated as a guest in the sixth congress of the Kurdistan Students Union in the village of Nawpirdan, in early 1971 he worked as the district governor of Choman and was appointed by the Minister of Justice as a second-degree criminal judge, in 1974 he was appointed as a member of the seventh branch committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP).

In March 1975, he visited the Zewa camp in East Kurdistan to encourage refugees and spoke with them. In April 1975, by comrade Masoud Barzani he was tasked with the preparation of the Gulan Revolution was attacked, in the middle of 1977 under the supervision of Idris Barzani (1944-1987) he participated in a large meeting in Karaj for the assistance of the provisional leadership of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the supervision of refugees of South Kurdistan in the Kingdom of Iran. The place of hiding the wounded and his house was the place of meeting and the place of hiding the wounded, in 1977 his house in the Iranian city of Karaj was the gathering place for those who joined the Peshmerga Forces of the provisional leadership of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) or were returning from the liberated areas of South Kurdistan and established contact with Idris Barzani, in 1979 he was elected by the representatives of the ninth congress as a reserve member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), in 1984 he was promoted as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), in 1984 he was a member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) supervisory committee for the borders of the Third Branch Committee and the Fourth Branch Committee, from November 30, 1985 to April 4, 1986 he was a teacher of political party courses in the eighth course of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) Cadre Institute in the village of Rajan in East Kurdistan, from the end of 1985 to the end of 1986 he was from the 20th staff of the Second Branch Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and was appointed as the head of the Branch committee for the first time, in 1986 he was the editor-in-chief of Safin magazine which was the organ of the Second Branch Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), in 1988 he was a Member of the Political Bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), in 1988 he was elected as a member of the Executive Office of the Kurdistan Front, in 1988 he participated in the Xwakurk Epic in Erbil province against the Iraqi army, on January 13, 1990 he was appointed as the head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) relations in the Kurdistan Front, from March 8 to 10, 1990 he participated in a broad meeting of the Kurdistan Front.

In 1991, together with President Masoud Barzani he participated in the Uprising of Southern Kurdistan, in 1991 he participated in the operation to liberate Kirkuk, in 1991 he was the head of the central relations bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), from December 16, 1991 to February 18, 1992 he was a teacher of courses on the political situation of Kurdistan and Iraq in the ninth course of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) Cadre Institute in the town of Pirman in Erbil province, on March 19 he participated in the Kurdistan Front meeting to determine the date of the Kurdistan National Assembly elections and the economic and security situation of South Kurdistan, in early 1992 he represented the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) in the Kurdistan Front meeting for the establishment of the high committee for the supervision of the Kurdistan National Assembly elections, from December 23 to 28, 1992 he was appointed by the Kurdistan Front as a member of the 15-person committee for writing the draft law of the Kurdistan National Assembly, on June 4, 1992 he became a member of the Kurdistan National Assembly on the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) list, in 1992 he became the head of the Yellow Faction (Kurdistan Democratic Party) in the Kurdistan National Assembly, in 1993 he was elected as the honorary president of the club by the board of directors of the Erbil Sports Club, in 1993 he received the official license as the owner of Gulan newspaper from the Ministry of Culture of the Kurdistan Regional Government, in July 1993 he was appointed as the head of the reception committee for the 11th Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party – Unified, in 1993 he was a member of the Preparatory Committee of the 11th Congress in the city of Erbil, in 1993, he was elected by the representatives of the 11th Congress as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party – Unified, in 1994 he was a teacher of general subjects in the Advanced Accelerated Course at the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) cadre institute in the town of Pirman, in 1994 he was appointed as the head of the Second Branch Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party – Unified, on July 19, 1994 he was shot at by the forces of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) in Shawes of Erbil province and survived, on August 16, 1996 due to services in September Revolution, Gulan Revolution and the Uprising of Southern Kurdistan, in the Golden Jubilee of the KDP he was awarded by President Masoud Barzani with the medal of the Immortal Barzani, in 1996 he was appointed as Minister of State in the third cabinet of the Kurdistan Regional Government, from October 1, 1996 to February 18, 2001 he was the Governor of Erbil, during his governorship of Erbil he did many important works, especially the construction of the Erbil International Stadium (Martyr Franso Hariri), the Palace of Art and the Kurdistan Orchestra were built with his help and support, and he also carried out many other civil works and projects. He had a significant role in the development of the sports sector in the Kurdistan Region and supported and encouraged athletes and youth to obtain their rights. He participated in many projects and activities for the improvement and modernization of the city of Erbil and was considered a strong supporter of education, health and sports projects in Erbil.

On December 18, 1996, he was Minister of State in the third cabinet, on Sunday, February 23, 1997, he survived a terrorist act, on July 26, 1997 he participated in the first congress of the Feyli Kurds Association in Erbil under the supervision of President Masoud Barzani , in 1998 he was the owner of Hewler magazine, in 1999 he was elected by the representatives of the 12th congress as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), on Monday, January 24, 2000, from the 28th staff of the Second Branch Committee of Erbil he was appointed for the second time as the head of the Branch committee, on March 14, 2000 he was appointed by the Kurdistan National Assembly as a member of the short-term committee (trip) for the commemoration of the birth anniversary of the leader of the Kurdish people, the immortal Barzani.

Francis Toma Hariri was killed on February 18, 2001, while on his way to work on the 60-Meter Road in Erbil by a group from the Islamic Unity Movement. Two days after his martyrdom, on February 20, 2001, in the presence of President Masoud Barzani and more than half a million people, he was buried in his birthplace in the town of Harir.

Among his works:

  1. Why is the PKK doing this? - (First Edition - 2000, (Second Edition - 2018).

  2. So that history is not written incorrectly - 1995, in 1996, the Arabic edition was published under the title (For not writing history incorrectly).

References:

  1. Archive of the Encyclopedia Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.

  2. Prepared by Anwar Abdullah, September 29, 1971, the immortal Barzani was greater than the conspiracies of the enemies, Birati newspaper, organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Unified, issue 2934, Erbil, Wednesday, 29.09.1999, p. 2.

  3. Regarding the assassination attempt on Mr. Francis Hariri, Xebat newspaper, spokesperson for the Kurdistan Democratic Party, issue 816, Erbil, Friday, 28.02.1997, p. 2.

  4. Congress announces the results of the Central Committee elections of our Party, Birati Newspaper, Organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Unified, issue 1729, Erbil, Friday, 27.08.1993, p. 1.

  5. Sherzad, Activities of the Committees of our Party's Congress, Birati Newspaper, Organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, issue 1691, Erbil, Monday, 12.07.1993, p. 4.

  6. Hamid Gawhari, The Barzani Medal, the highest award, book 2, second edition, (Erbil - Barzani Charity Foundation - 2019), pp. 32-37.

  7. Hishyar Nuri Lek, Famous Kurds in a series, (Erbil - Charchira Printing House - 2010), p. 24.

  8. Kiner Abdullah, Women's Political Participation in South Kurdistan, (Sulaymaniyah - 2016), pp. 74, 81.

  9. Francis Hariri, Why is the PKK doing this?, 2nd edition, (Erbil - Roxana Printing House - 2018), pp. 1, 105.

  10. Ali Shingali, The Kurdish Issue and the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, Part Three, (Duhok - Khani Printing House - 2012 AD), pp. 362, 371.

  11. For peace and national unity, for the implementation of the March Agreement, Part Ten, Al-Taakhi Newspaper, Al-Taakhi Printing and Publishing House, Issue 1190, Baghdad, Times Printing House, Sunday, 19.11.1972, p. 8.

  12. Sefer Jajoki, Commemoration of the Martyr Francis Hariri, Xebat Newspaper Issue (4506), 18/2/2014.