Abdulmuhaymin Sheikh Sulaiman Sheikh Abdulsalam Sheikh Muhammad, known as (Abdulmuhaymin Barzani), joined the Kurdistan Democratic Party in 1962. He is a graduate of the third session of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Cadre Preparation School in 1973. He took refuge in Iran after the setback of the Aylul Revolution in 1975. He became a Member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party at the 10th Congress of the Party in 1989. He held the position of Governor of Erbil from September 2, 1992, until August 3, 1994, in the first cabinet of the Kurdistan Regional Government. He was a member of the leadership and an administrative official for the Kurdistan Army (Falak) in 1994. He was elected as an Alternate Member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party at the Twelfth Congress in 1999. He held the position of Minister of the Region in the fourth cabinet of the Kurdistan Regional Government, and acting Minister of Municipalities in 2002. He was elected as a member of the leadership at the Thirteenth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in 2010, and in 2010     

President Masoud Barzani awarded him the Immortal Barzani Medal in 2010 in recognition of his participation in the Aylul and Gulan revolutions, the uprising of South Kurdistan, and the sovereignty phase, as the first member from the Barzani family. 

Biography

 Abdulmuhaymin Barzani was born in the city of Erbil on July 15, 1945. He is from the Barzan Tekke sheikhdom family and a follower of Mawlana Khalid al-Naqshbandi (1779-1827). He is the son of Sheikh Sulaiman Sheikh Abdulsalam Barzani II, who participated with the leader Barzani in his march to the Soviet Union in 1947, and a member of the South-East Kurdistan Leadership (Baku Conference). He took refuge with his family in Iran in 1945 after the setback of the second Aylul Revolution (1943-1945) when Abdulmuhaymin Barzani was an infant. In 1947, he returned with his family to South Kurdistan after the collapse of the Democratic Republic of Kurdistan and was exiled to the city of Karbala in central Iraq, then to the city of Basra in southern Iraq, and finally to the city of Baghdad. He is a graduate of the third intermediate grade and was among those who welcomed the leader Mustafa Barzani in 1958 upon his return from the Soviet Union to the homeland.    

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Abdulmuhaymin Barzani joined the Kurdistan Democratic Party in 1962. He joined the ranks of the Peshmerga Forces of the Aylul Revolution in 1968 and served as a clerk at the Barzani Headquarters. He is a graduate of the third session of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Cadre Preparation School in the Balakayati region in Erbil Governorate in 1973. He was a field commander in the Battle of Mount Biris in Erbil Governorate against the attacks of the Iraqi Army ground forces in 1973. He led the Battle of Sabelek in Erbil Governorate in 1974. In 1974, he assumed responsibility for the Party Relations of the Kurdistan Democratic Party for the purpose of obtaining approval to cross the border with Iranian officials. He took refuge in Iran after the setback of the Aylul Revolution in 1975. He was a member of the census registration committee and an assistant to the refugees of South Kurdistan in Iran in the city of Karaj during (1975-1976). In 1976, he supervised mail affairs and the sending of the armed body, cadres, and money to the Provisional Leadership of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. He was a Delegate to the Ninth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. His brothers Abdulbari Abdulsalam and Misbah Abdulsalam were disappeared in the Anfal operation of the Barzanis in 1983. He was appointed as a member of the Relations Department of the Kurdistan Democratic Party on July 16, 1985, and a member of the Military Department of the Kurdistan Democratic Party on November 14, 1985. He was one of the field commanders in the Battle of Mergasor in Erbil Governorate against the Iraqi Army in Year 1987. In early February 1988, he was responsible for the committee for distributing salaries to the Peshmerga of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. He represented the Kurdistan Democratic Party in participating in drafting a plan to liberate Sharazor from the control of the Iraqi Army in 1988. He was appointed as the official of the committee for appointment and supervision of refugees by the Political Bureau on September 24, 1988. He was elected as a Member of the Central Committee at the 10th Congress of the Party of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in 1989. He was chosen as the official of the Party Relations Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Iran on January 13, 1990. He led the liberation operation of Haji Omaran reaching Soran in the uprising of South Kurdistan in 1991. He was responsible for coordination in the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Erbil. He held the position of Governor of Erbil from September 2, 1992, until August 3, 1994, in the first cabinet of the Kurdistan Regional Government. He was a Delegate to the Eleventh Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party – Unified in 1993. He assumed responsibility for the committee for transferring the remains of the leader Mustafa Barzani (1903-1979) and Idris Barzani (1944-1987) from the Islamic Republic of Iran to their birthplace, Barzan, on Tuesday, October 5, 1993. He submitted his resignation as Governor of Erbil to the Minister of Interior in the Kurdistan Regional Government at the end of March 1994 as an expression of his extreme dissatisfaction regarding some political parties carrying out theft operations and inciting problems and chaos in the governorate. He assumed administrative responsibility for the leadership of the Kurdistan Army (Falak) and membership in the (Falak) leadership in 1994. He accompanied President Masoud Barzani on a visit to the city of Tehran at the invitation of the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, in mid-October 1994.  

He was elected as an Alternate Member of the Central Committee at the Twelfth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in 1999. He held the position of Minister of the Region in the fourth cabinet of the Kurdistan Regional Government on August 15, 2001. He held the position of acting Minister of Municipalities in 2002. He visited the city of Beijing on Wednesday, December 15, 2004, at the invitation of the Chinese Communist Party for the purpose of strengthening bilateral relations. He participated on behalf of President Masoud Barzani in the funeral ceremonies of the Chaldean Archbishop Mar Yaqub Sher in the city of Erbil on Sunday, January 9, 2005. He participated in the reception ceremonies for 500 remains of the Anfalized Barzanis in the city of Erbil on October 17, 2005. He was elected as a member of the Leadership Council by the Delegates of the Thirteenth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and received 592 votes, ranking 42nd. He was elected as a Member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party at the Fourteenth Congress of the Party and a member of the Political Bureau at the first meeting of the Leadership Committee.

President Masoud Barzani awarded him the Immortal Barzani Medal in 2010 as the first member from the Barzani family in recognition of his participation in the Aylul and Gulan revolutions, the uprising of South Kurdistan, and the sovereignty phase. He was proficient in languages (Kurdish, Arabic, Turkish, and Persian).                 

Sources:

- Archive of the Encyclopedia Authority of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.