Hamid Hussein Hamad, known as Hamid Afandi, joined the ranks of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in 1957, joined the ranks of the Peshmerga Forces in 1961, and in 1979 at the 9th Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party 1979  was elected as a reserve member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 1989, at the 10th Congress he was elected by the congress representatives as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 2001, he assumed the position of Minister of Peshmerga in the fourth cabinet of the Kurdistan Regional Government, and he passed away in 2023.

Biography

Teacher Hamid Hussein Hamad, known as Hamid Afandi, was born in 1934 in Erbil. In 1941, he began his education in the village of Sidekan, affiliated with Erbil Governorate. In 1957, he completed his secondary education in the literary stream and is a graduate of the Erbil Teachers' Institute. In 1958, he applied for admission to the Royal Iraqi Air Force College but was not accepted due to being a Kurd. In 1959, he was appointed as a teacher at the Delzyan Primary School under the Erbil Governorate Education Department. In 1960, he was appointed as the principal of the Sidekan Primary School within the jurisdiction of the Erbil Governorate Education Department. In 1975, after the collapse of the Aylul Revolution, he became a refugee in the Kingdom of Iran. He was proficient in Kurdish, Arabic, English, and Persian languages. He has two works titled (An Introduction to Partisanship in Kurdistan - 1984, Bee Education in Kurdistan - 1986). He passed away on 17/2/2023 in the city of Erbil.

Struggle Record

Teacher Hamid Hussein Hamad, known as Hamid Afandi, joined the ranks of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in 1957. In 1959, he was a representative of the Fourth Congress and in 1960, he was a representative of the Fifth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the city of Baghdad. In 1961, with the outbreak of the Aylul Revolution he joined the ranks of the Peshmerga forces. In 1961, he conveyed news of the meeting of tribes hostile to the Aylul Revolution in the Sidekan region to the leadership of the Aylul Revolution. In 1962, he participated in the Battle of Rayat against the Iraqi police force, and in 1963, he participated in the Battle of Shetne against the Iraqi army. In 1963, he participated in the Battle of Piran against tribal gunmen loyal to the Iraqi government and was wounded in this battle. In 1964, he stood against the broad Mawet meeting and supported the President's faction against the Political Bureau's faction.

In 1964, he was a representative of the Sixth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the town of Qaladze. In 1966, he was a representative of the Seventh Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the town of Galala. In 1966, he participated in the Battle of Handren against the Iraqi army's offensive. In 1966, as a commander, he participated in the Zozk epic against the Iraqi army's campaign. In 1970, he was a representative of the Eighth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the village of Nawprdan. In 1974, he participated in the first Battle of Omar Agha Pass against the Iraqi army and was wounded. In September 1974, he was one of the commanders of the Sartiz offensive against the Iraqi army, where they were able to destroy the 29th Infantry Brigade of the Iraqi army. In 1975, he participated in the second Battle of Omar Agha Pass against the Iraqi army's campaign. In 1975, he participated in the Battle of Zozk against the Iraqi army. In 1975, after the collapse of the Aylul Revolution, he became a refugee in the Kingdom of Iran. In 1977, he joined the ranks of the Peshmerga forces of the Provisional Leadership of the Kurdistan Democratic Party for the second time and was the commander of the Bradost region. In 1978, he participated in the Battle of Baze. In 1979, at the 9th Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party   he was elected as a reserve member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 1983, he became a member of the Military Leadership Committee of the forces of the Joint Front. In 1984, he was a member of the Party's inspection committee for the border of the Third Branch Committee and the Fourth Branch Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.

In 1985, he was made the head of the Fourth Branch Committee. In 1988, representing the Kurdistan Democratic Party, he participated in planning for the liberation of Sharazur from the Iraqi army. In 1988, as the head of the Fourth Branch Committee, he participated in the Khwakurk epic against the onslaught of the Iraqi army and the loyalist tribal armed forces. In the years (1985-1986), he was a military instructor in the eighth session of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Cadre Institute in the village of Razhan in Eastern Kurdistan. In 1989, at the 10th Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party he was elected by the congress representatives as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. After the 10th Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in 1989, he was appointed as the head of the branch committee in the twenty-third staff of the Second Branch Committee. In 1991, during the uprising in Southern Kurdistan, he was the commander of the ninth axis of Rania and participated in the liberation of the towns of Qaladze and Rania. From April 7 to 14, 1991, as a commander, he participated in the Kore epic against the attack of the armored units of the Iraqi army. In 1992, he was the commander of the Fifth Army in the Revolutionary Army of Kurdistan (FLK). On August 16, 1996, due to his service in the Aylul Revolution, the Gulan Revolution, and the uprising in Southern Kurdistan, he was awarded the Medal of the Immortal Barzani by President Masoud Barzani on the Party's Golden Jubilee. On October 29, 1997, as the commander of the Sidekan sector, he defeated the attack of the forces of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. In 1999, he was a representative of the 12th Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the city of Erbil and ran for membership in the Central Committee but was not elected. In 2000, he was the head of the High Aylul Institution affiliated with the Kurdistan Democratic Party, whose headquarters was opened by President Masoud Barzani in the town of Shaqlawa on January 6, 2000. In 2001, he assumed the position of Minister of Peshmerga in the fourth cabinet of the Kurdistan Regional Government.

On Monday, June 23, 2003, in the city of Erbil, he met with high-ranking commanders of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan forces and Coalition forces as Assistant Commander-in-Chief of Kurdistan for the purpose of organizing the Peshmerga forces and participating in the ranks of the Iraqi Army and border guards. On Tuesday, May 24, 2005, accompanied by President Masoud Barzani, he welcomed the Minister of Defense of the Federal Iraq, Sadoun al-Dulaimi, and they discussed the participation of all components in the Iraqi Army. In 2010, he was a representative of the Thirteenth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the city of Erbil. In 2014, during the war against ISIS, he was appointed by President Masoud Barzani as the commander of the Bashiqa axis in the Mosul Governorate.

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