Aziz Rashid Aziz, known as Staff Brigadier Aziz Akrayi, Lieutenant Colonel Aziz Akrayi, officer and politician, in Year 1964 at the Sixth Congress he was elected as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, and in that same year he was a representative of the Qaladize Congress (Second People's Congress), in Year 1964 he became a member of the Revolutionary Command Council and a member of the Military Committee (Military Bureau) affiliated with the Executive Office (Al-Maktab al-Tanfidhi) affiliated with the Revolutionary Command Council in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, in Year 1966 at the Seventh Congress he was elected as a member of the Central Committee and a member of the Political Bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, in the year Year 1967 he participated in the Kani Samak (Erbil) military-political conference, in Year 1970 at the Congress Eighth he was elected as a member of the Central Committee and the Political Bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, in Year 1973 he left the ranks of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.
BiographyAziz Rashid Aziz was born in Year 1924 in the city of Akre, in the former Mosul province and present-day Duhok, he completed his primary education in the town of Akre in the Mosul province and his secondary education in the city of Mosul, in Year 1941 he was accepted as a student at the Baghdad Military Secondary School, on 26 September 1942 he was accepted into the twenty-first class at the Baghdad Military College, on 30 June 1944 he graduated from the Military College in the artillery department with the rank of Second Lieutenant, in Year 1954 he was accepted into the Staff College in Baghdad.
In Year 1956 he received a military master's degree from the Staff College in Baghdad, in Year 1956 his rank was promoted to Staff Major, in Year 1957 he completed an aerial photo interpretation course in the United Kingdom, in Year 1959 he completed the Staff College in the Soviet Union, in Year 1959 he was a Staff Lieutenant Colonel in the intelligence of the Third Brigade of the Third Division of the Iraqi Army, on 14 July 1959 his rank in the Iraqi Army was promoted to Staff Lieutenant Colonel in the Third Division, he passed away due to illness on 23 December 1998 in the city of Cologne, Germany, and on Saturday 23 January 1999 he was buried in the Gali Bestre cemetery in the town of Akre in Duhok province, he was proficient in Kurdish, Arabic, Persian, English, and German.
Struggle HistoryAziz Rashid Aziz joined the ranks of the Party in Year 1960, on 5 July 1962 he joined the ranks of the Peshmerga forces, in Year 1962 as a commander he defended the Hamilton Road on the border of Erbil province and established his headquarters in Zozk Mountain and Handren in the Amar Agha gorge in Erbil province, in Year 1962 by the order of General Mustafa Barzani (1903–1979) he supervised the gathering of Peshmerga in Safin Mountain and its surroundings on the border of Erbil province, in Year 1962 he participated in the Aspindari battle near Shaqlawa in Erbil province, on 1 September 1962 he was one of the commanders of the Second Safin battle, in July 1963 he was appointed as the commander of the Safin force, in Year 1963 he commanded the Spilik battle on the border of Erbil province, in Year 1963 he was the commander of the Gali Ali Beg battle on the border of Erbil province, in Year 1963 by President Mustafa Barzani he was appointed as the commander of the Rawandiz, Balak, and Sidekan front on the border of Erbil province, in June 1963 he participated in the Spilik battle against the forces of the Second Division of the Iraqi Army, but due to the bombardment by the air force and the barrage of tank shells, he was forced to retreat.
At the beginning of May 1964, he was elected as a member of the preparatory committee for the Sixth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, in Year 1964 by the representatives of the Sixth Congress he was elected as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, in Year 1964 he was a representative of the Qaladize Congress (Second People's Congress), in Year 1964 he became a member of the Revolutionary Command Council in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, in Year 1964 he was a member of the Military Committee affiliated with the Executive Office (Al-Maktab al-Tanfidhi) affiliated with the Revolutionary Command Council in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, which was later known as the Military Bureau, in Year 1964 by the order of General Mustafa Barzani he was appointed as the commander of the Third Division of the Peshmerga forces on the (Sulaymaniyah – Kirkuk) border, in Year 1964 he began writing a (Kurdish–Kurdish) dictionary, in Year 1965 he was appointed as the commander of the Qaradagh force on the border of the Third Division of the Peshmerga forces of the Aylul Revolution from 22 to 29 December 1965 he commanded the artillery unit of the Aylul Revolution in the Penjwen battle on the border of Sulaymaniyah province against the Iraqi Army forces, in Year 1965 he devised a plan to strike the Kirkuk District Commissioner and survived after his car was fired upon.
In Year 1966 by the representatives of the Seventh Congress he was elected as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, in Year 1966 at the first meeting of the Central Committee he was elected as a member of the Political Bureau, in the year 1966 he was busy writing a Kurdish dictionary, in the year 1966 he was the commander of the Qaradagh force affiliated with the Third Division, in Year 1966 he struck a tank unit of the Iraqi Army on the Sayidsadiq–Penjwen road on the border of Sulaymaniyah province and destroyed them, in Year 1966 he became the commander of the Safin force affiliated with the Second Division, in the winter of Year 1967 he participated in a military leadership course abroad and was also the translator for the course, on 15 April 1967 under the supervision of President Mustafa Barzani As a commander of the Safin Force, he participated in the Kani Samak (Erbil) military-political conference. In the years (1968-1969), he was a teacher of the Latin Kurdish alphabet course for students of the first round of the Kurdistan Democratic Party cadre training school in the village of Choman, Erbil Governorate. In 1969, he was the commander of the Second Artillery Battalion of the Halgurd Force. In 1969, he participated in the Battle of Dukan in Sulaymaniyah Governorate. In 1969, he participated in the defense of the town of Qaladiza in Sulaymaniyah Governorate. On September 19, 1969, he commanded the Battle of Dukan on the border of Sulaymaniyah Governorate. At the end of 1969, he was the head of the branch committee on the eleventh staff of the Second Branch Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 1970, by the representatives of the Eighth Congress he was elected as a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 1970, in the first meeting of the Central Committee, he was elected as a member of the Political Bureau.
In 1970, he was appointed as the head of the Third Branch Committee of Kirkuk of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. On July 15, 1970, representing President Mustafa Barzani, he participated in the opening ceremony of the Sixth Congress of the Kurdistan Students Union in the village of Nawprdan, Erbil Governorate. On July 17, 1971, he was elected as a member of the executive board by the representatives of the Second Congress of the Kurdistan Writers Union in Erbil. His last military rank in the Iraq army was Brigadier General (General). From July 14 to 17, 1971, he was elected as a member of the executive board and deputy president by the representatives of the Second Congress of the Kurdistan Writers Union in Erbil, but due to being busy with party work, he submitted his resignation to the congress. In 1972, he participated in the opening of the Second Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Youth Union in Shaqlawa. In 1973, he left the ranks of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.
Among his works:
1- Learning the Kurdish language in Latin - 1967.
2- Human Soul - 1968.
3- Revenge - 1968, the second edition was published in 1978.
Source:1. Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Board.
