Kamal Abbas Hassan was born in 1955 in the village of Khalkan, Rawanduz district, Erbil province. He completed his primary education in Rawanduz. Due to the war, instability, the bombing of the Iraqi army, and its attacks on the Aylul Revolution, his father was forced to constantly move his family to other areas, including: the villages of Zarwan, Barsirin, Sherkawa, Mawan, Nawkelakan, Pashkoza, Pardi Zard, Galala, and for this reason, he could not continue his education, in Aylul Revolution his father was martyred, and after the 1975 collapse of the Aylul Revolution he became a refugee in East Kurdistan. He married in 1981, and in 1991, after the uprising of the people of Kurdistan, he returned to South Kurdistan.
Struggle Record:Kamal Abbas Hassan, in 1969, through his uncle Khadr Hassan Khalkani, a Peshmerga and a companion of General Mustafa Barzani to the Soviet Union, joined the ranks of the Aylul Revolution (1961-1975) and became a Peshmerga. In 1975, after the collapse of the Aylul Revolution he became a refugee in Iran. At the beginning of the Gulan Revolution (1976-1991), he became a Peshmerga again and continued his struggle in the Barzan Force. During his time as a Peshmerga, he participated in several battles, including the battles of Sartiz, Goraz, Garawi Omar Agha, Haji Omaran, Mergasor, Dashti Barazgar, Kani Rash, and Khwakurk. In 1974, he was wounded in the Battle of Sartiz. In 1983, he was wounded in an enemy ambush, and despite his injury, he was able to protect his companions and lead them out of the ambush, for which he was awarded by President Masoud Barzani. In 1997, he was severely wounded in the Battle of Mount Saqar in Sidakan. He participated in the civil war (1994-1998), the protection of authority and the rule of law with the PKK (1992-1999), and also participated in the war against ISIS and the Popular Mobilization Forces between the years (2014-2017). In 2022, at the Fourteenth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the city of Duhok, due to his struggle and service for the liberation of the Kurd and Kurdistan and the path of the immortal Barzani, he was awarded the Barzani Medal by President Masoud Barzani .
Source:1- Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Board.