Politician Omer Osman Omer Hemed, known by the name (Omer Mergesori), has been recognized. In the year 1964 he joined the ranks of the Kurdistan Peshmerga forces. He was wounded several times during his Peshmerga service. He was a Peshmerga of both the September and Gulan Revolution. He is a recipient of the Barzani Medal.

 

Biography

Omer Osman was born in the year 1948 in Erbil. In the year 1977 he completed his high school education in the country of Iran and in the year 1978 he was employed as a teacher in the city of Qazvin in Iran.

Career

Omer Osman joined the ranks of the Peshmerga forces in the year 1964 and in the year 1966 he participated in the Zozik epic on the border of Erbil province and in the year 1967 he was the person responsible for the weapons and ammunition warehouse of the September Revolution with the rank of Sergeant. He received several positions of responsibility within the ranks of the Peshmerga forces and participated in several battles and confrontations against the Iraqi army and was wounded several times.

 

In the year 1975 after the defeat of the September Revolution, he became a refugee in the country of Iran and as a teacher, he taught lessons to refugee students. In the year 1979 he rejoined the ranks of the Peshmerga forces of the Gulan Revolution and participated in several battles and clashes, and in the year 1988 as a commander, he participated in the Xwakurk epic on the border of Erbil province against the forces of the Iraqi army and was wounded. At the tenth congress of 1989 he was elected as a reserve member of the central committee, and at the 11. congress in the year 1993 and the 12. congress in the year 1999 he was elected as a member of the central committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.

 

In the year 1991 he participated in the uprising of South Kurdistan and the liberation of the cities of Erbil, Quştepe, Pirdê, and Kirkuk. On the 11 of April 1991 he participated in the Kore epic against the armored units of the Iraqi army. In the year 1993 he was the first person responsible for the tenth branch committee of Soran of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. On the 20 of December 1999 he took the legal oath before the National Council of Kurdistan and became the Minister of Peshmerga Affairs (fourth cabinet), and on the 1 of November of the same year, he became the person responsible for the ninth branch committee of Akre affiliated with the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In the years (2004 - 2005) he became the person responsible for the tenth branch committee of Soran for the third time. On the 8 of March 2005 he became the person responsible for the organization office of the Peshmerga of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.

 

In the year 2007 he was appointed as the field commander of Soran. On Thursday, the 16 of December 2010 by 1500 congress representatives, with 547 votes, he was elected as a reserve member of the leadership council of the Kurdistan Democratic Party at the thirteenth congress, ranking 1 among the reserve candidates. In the year 2010 as a tribute to the participants of the September Revolution, the Gulan Revolution, and the uprising of South Kurdistan, he received the medal of the Immortal Barzani from President Masoud Barzani He participated in the war against Da'ish in the year 2014 on the Gwer-Makhmur front and the Rabia front. He is proficient in both the Kurdish and Persian languages.



 

Source:

Archive of the Encyclopedia Board of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.