Reza Muhammad Mustafa, known as Sheikh Reza Gulani and Sheikh Reza Barzanji, a lawyer and politician, was the private secretary to President Mustafa Barzani in Year 1963, and in Year 1964, during the internal conflicts of the Party, he gave his full support to President Mustafa Barzani and the majority. In Year 1964, he became a member of the Revolutionary Command Council in Kurdistan, Iraq. On April 15, 1967, he was a representative at the Kani Samak military-political conference. In Year 1967, he was appointed as an investigating judge (Muhaqqiq Adl) by the Executive Office of the Kurdistan Revolutionary Command Council in the village of Nawprdan, Erbil Governorate. In Year 1970, he was elected as an alternate member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party by the representatives of the Eighth Congress.

Biography

Reza Muhammad Mustafa, known as Sheikh Reza Gulani and Sheikh Reza Barzanji, graduated from the Baghdad Police College with the rank of Second Lieutenant in Year 1951. During the years (1961-1962), he was imprisoned in the Fadhiliya prison near Baghdad due to political activity. He was released from prison on February 7, 1963. In Year 1979, he returned to Iraq and resided in the city of Baghdad. He passed away in the year 2004.

Struggle Record

Reza Muhammad Mustafa joined the ranks of the United Kurdistan Democratic Party in Year 1956. In Year 1963, he joined the ranks of the Peshmerga forces with the rank of Captain. In Year 1963, he was the person responsible for the supplies of the Aylul Revolution in Sulaymaniyah Governorate. In Year 1963, he was the private secretary to President Mustafa Barzani. In Year 1964, during the internal conflicts of the Party, he gave his full support to President Mustafa Barzani and the majority. In Year 1964, he became a member of the Revolutionary Command Council in Kurdistan, Iraq. On April 15, 1967, he was a representative at the Kani Samak military-political conference. In Year 1967, he was appointed as an investigating judge (Muhaqqiq Adl) by the Executive Office in the village of Nawprdan, Erbil Governorate. In Year 1970, he was elected as an alternate member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party by the representatives of the Eighth Congress.

In Year 1970, at the request of the Aylul Revolution leadership to the Iraq government, he was appointed as the Police Chief of Sulaymaniyah. In Year 1974, with the start of the war between the Aylul Revolution forces and the Iraq army, he left his post and went to the ranks of the Peshmerga forces with most of the police force of the city of Sulaymaniyah. In Year 1975, after the collapse of the Aylul Revolution, he headed to Iran as a refugee and was settled in the city of Karaj near the city of Tehran. In Year 1979, he returned to Iraq and resided in the city of Baghdad. In Year 1996, he began Party work in the ranks of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. He passed away on November 19, 2004.

Source:

1. Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Board.