Biography

Leader Ali was born in the city of Erbil in Year 1949. He completed his primary, intermediate, and secondary studies in the city of Erbil. He was accepted on the Kurdistan Democratic Party list into the Military College in Baghdad. He obtained a Bachelor's degree in Military Sciences and graduated with the rank of Second Lieutenant in Year 1972. He was awarded the rank of General in Year 2004. In Year 2005, he became a military advisor to the President of the Republic of Iraq, Jalal Talabani (1933-2017). He held the position of Minister of Peshmerga Affairs in the third (1996) and fourth (1999) cabinets of the Kurdistan Regional Government. He is fluent in Kurdish, Arabic, and Persian. Struggle Pages

Leader Ali

joined the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Year 1962. He was a commander of the Peshmerga of the Balakayati area in Year 1974. In Year 1975, after the setback of the Aylul Revolution he took refuge in Iran and headed to the Syrian Arab Republic in Year 1976. In Year 1977, he headed as a commander to the liberated areas of the Gulan Revolution. He was elected Member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party at the Ninth Congress in Year 1979, at the Tenth Conference in Year 1989, and at the Eleventh Congress in Year 1993. At the Twelfth Congress in Year 1999, he was elected Member of the Central Committee and then Member of the Political Bureau of the Party. At the Thirteenth Congress in Year 2010, he was elected Member of the Leadership Council, and in the first meeting of the council, he was re-elected Member of the Political Bureau. At the Fourteenth Congress in Year 2022, he was elected Member of the Central Committee and Member of the Political Bureau in the first meeting of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. He assumed many tasks and responsibilities during his work in the ranks of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, including: responsible for the Second Branch Committee in 1983, member of the Military Leadership Committee of the JAWAD front forces in 1983, responsible for the Behdinan axis in 1986, member of the Central Inspection Committee in 1988, one of the leaders of the Khwakurk epic in 1988, first responsible for the First Branch Committee in 1989, responsible for the Military Department of the Party in 1990, responsible for the Ninth Branch Committee in 1993, responsible for the Second Branch Committee in 2000, etc.

He participated in the uprising of southern Kurdistan in Year 1991 and held the position of Minister of Peshmerga Affairs in the third (1996) and fourth (1999) cabinets of the Kurdistan Regional Government, and was a member of the General Command of the Kurdistan Peshmerga Forces in Year 2007.

He was awarded the Immortal Barzani Medal in Year 2010 by President 

Masoud Barzani

 in recognition of his great services in the Aylul and Gulan revolutions, and the stages of the uprising of southern Kurdistan and sovereignty. Source: Archive of the Encyclopedia Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.