Aziz Rashid Aziz, known by the names (Staff Brigadier Aziz Akreyi, Lieutenant Colonel Aziz Akreyi). An officer and politician, he was elected as a member of the central committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party at the sixth congress in the year 1964. In that same year, he was a representative at the Qaladiza congress (the second people's congress). In the 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) under the Revolutionary Command Council in Iraqi Kurdistan. In the year 1966, he was elected as a member of the central committee and a member of the political bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party at the seventh congress. In the year 1967, he participated in the Kani Simak (Erbil) military-political conference. In the year 1970, he was elected as a member of the central committee and political bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party at the eighth congress. In the year 1973, he left the ranks of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.
Biography
Aziz Rashid Aziz was born in the year 1924 in the town of Akre, which at that time was part of the Mosul province and is now part of the Duhok province. He completed primary school in the town of Akre in the Mosul province and middle school in the city of Mosul. In the year 1941, he was accepted as a student at the Baghdad Military Preparatory School. On the 26 of September 1942, he was accepted into the twenty-first class at the Baghdad Military College. On the 30 of June 1944, he completed the military college in the artillery department with the rank of second lieutenant. In the year 1954, he was accepted into the Staff College in Baghdad.
In the year 1956, he received a master's degree in military science from the Staff College in Baghdad. In the year 1956, his rank was promoted to Staff Major. In the year 1957, he completed a course on interpreting aerial photography in the United Kingdom. In the year 1959, he completed the staff college in the Soviet Union. In the year 1959, he became a Staff Lieutenant Colonel in the intelligence of the third division of the Iraqi Army. On the 14 of July 1959, his ranks in the Iraqi Army were promoted and he became a Staff Lieutenant Colonel in the third division. On the 23 of December 1998, he passed away due to illness in the city of Cologne, Germany. On Saturday, the 23 of January 1999, he was laid to rest in the Bestre Valley cemetery in the town of Akre in the Duhok province. He was proficient in Kurdish, Arabic, Persian, English, and German.
Career
Aziz Rashid Aziz joined the ranks of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the year 1960. On the 5 of July 1962, he joined the ranks of the Peshmerga forces. In the year 1962, he served as a commander defending the Hamilton Road on the border of Erbil province and established his base on Mount Zozik and Hendren at the Emer Axa Pass in Erbil province. In the year 1962, by order of General Mustafa Barzani (1903 - 1979), he supervised the gathering of Peshmerga on Mount Sefin and its surroundings on the border of Erbil province. In the year 1962, he participated in the Battle of Espindar near Shaqlawa in Erbil province. On the 1 of September 1962, he was one of the commanders of the second Battle of Sefin. In the month of July of the year 1963, he was appointed as the commander of the Sefin force. In the year 1963, he commanded the Battle of Spilk on the border of Erbil province. In the year 1963, he was the commander of the Battle of Geli Ali Beg on the border of Erbil province. In the year 1963, by President Mustafa Barzani he was appointed as the commander of the Rawandiz, Balek, and Sidekan front on the border of Erbil province. In June 1963, he participated in the Battle of Spilk against the forces of the second division of the Iraqi Army. However, due to aerial bombardment and artillery shelling, the tank and armored units were forced to retreat.
In early May 1964, he was elected as a member of the preparatory committee for the sixth congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In the year 1964, he was elected by the representatives of the sixth congress as a member of the central committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In the year 1964, he was a representative at the Qaladiza congress (the second people's congress). In the year 1964, he became a member of the Revolutionary Command Council in Iraqi Kurdistan. In the year 1964, he was a member of the military committee affiliated with the executive office (Al-Maktab Al-Tanfidhi) under the Revolutionary Command Council in Iraqi Kurdistan, which was later known as the Military Bureau. In the year 1964, by order of General Mustafa Barzani he was appointed as the commander of the third division of the Peshmerga forces in the (Sulaymaniyah - Kirkuk) region. In the year 1964, he began writing a (Kurdish-Kurdish) dictionary, and in the year 1965, he was appointed as the commander of the Qaradagh force in the third military region of the September Revolution Peshmerga forces. From the 22 to the 29 of December 1965, he commanded the artillery unit of the September Revolution in the Battle of Penjwen on the border of Sulaymaniyah province against the Iraqi Army forces. In the year 1965, he planned the attack on the Kirkuk district governor, and after the explosion, he escaped from his car.
In the year 1966, he was elected as a member of the central committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party by the representatives of the seventh Congress. In the year 1966, he was elected as a member of the political bureau at the first meeting of the central committee. In the year 1966, he was busy writing a Kurdish dictionary. In the year 1966, he became the commander of the Qeredax force, affiliated with the third army. In the year 1966, he hit and destroyed a tank unit of the Iraqi army on the Sayid Sadiq - Penjwen road on the border of Sulaymaniyah province. In the year 1966, he became the commander of the Sefin force, affiliated with the second army. In the winter of the year 1967, he participated in a military leadership course abroad and was also the translator for the course. On the date of 15 April 1967, under the supervision of President Mustafa Barzani as the commander of the Sefin force, he participated in the Kani Simak (Erbil) military-political conference. In the years (1968 - 1969), he was a teacher of the Kurdish Latin orthography course for students of the first course of the Kurdistan Democratic Party's cadre training school in the village of Choman, affiliated with Erbil province. In the year 1969, he became the commander of the second battalion of the Helgurd force artillery. In the year 1969, he participated in the Dukan battle, affiliated with Sulaymaniyah province. In the year 1969, he participated in the defense of the town of Qaladize, affiliated with Sulaymaniyah province. On 19 September 1969, he was the commander of the Dukan battle on the border of Sulaymaniyah province. At the end of the year 1969, he was the official of the branch committee in the eleventh staff of the second branch committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In the year 1970, he was elected as a member of the central committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party by the representatives of the eighth Congress. In the year 1970, he was elected as a member of the political bureau at the first meeting of the central committee.
In the year 1970, he was appointed as the official of the third branch committee of Kirkuk of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. On the date of 15 July 1970, representing President Mustafa Barzani he participated in the opening ceremony of the sixth Congress of the Kurdistan Students Union in the village of Nawpirdan, affiliated with Erbil province. On 17 July 1971, he was elected as a member of the administrative board by the representatives of the second Congress of the Kurdish Writers Union in the city of Erbil. After reaching the military rank of Liwa Rukin (General) in the Iraqi army, on the date of 14 to 17 July 1971, he was elected as a member of the administrative board and Vice President by the representatives of the second Congress of the Kurdish Writers Union in the city of Erbil. However, due to his preoccupation with party work, he submitted his resignation to the congress. In the year 1972, he participated in the opening of the second Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Youth Union in Shaqlawa. In the year 1973, he left the ranks of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.
His works:
1 - Learning the Kurdish Language in Latin - 1967.
2 - The Human Soul - 1968.
3 - Revenge - 1968, the second edition was published in the year 1978.
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