Politician Kristov Yelda Torxan, known by the name (Rêbwar Yelda). In 1969, he joined the ranks of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, and in 1974, with the start of the war between the Kurdistan Peshmerga forces of the September Revolution and the Iraqi army, he joined the Kurdistan Peshmerga forces. At the tenth congress in 1979, he was elected as a member of the central committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, and in 2010, at the thirteenth congress, he was elected as a member of the leadership council of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, and in the first meeting of the leadership council, he became a Member of the Political Bureau.

 

Biography

Rêbwar Yelda was born in 1952 in the city of Erbil. He is of Assyrian nationality and Christian faith, belonging to the Eastern Orthodox denomination. He is a graduate of the Erbil Teachers' Training Institute. He is proficient in Kurdish, Syriac, Arabic, and Persian languages. In 1975, after the defeat of the September Revolution, he lived as a refugee in Iran.

Career

Rêbwar Yelda joined the ranks of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in 1969, and in 1974, at the start of the war between the Kurdistan Peshmerga forces of the September Revolution and the Iraqi army, he joined the Kurdistan Peshmerga forces. In 1975, after the defeat of the September Revolution, he lived as a refugee in Iran. In 1980, in Gulan Revolution he joined the Peshmerga forces for the second time, and in 1981 he became a writer for the press and later the head of the Kurdish section of the Kurdistan Democratic Party's media. In 1986, he was appointed Secretary of the Kurdistan Students and Youth Union.

 

At the tenth congress in 1989, he was elected as a member of the central committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, and in 2010, at the thirteenth congress, he was elected as a member of the leadership council of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, and in the first meeting of the leadership council, he became a Member of the Political Bureau.

 

In 2022, at the fourteenth congress, he was elected as a member of the central committee, and in the first meeting of the leadership committee, he was elected as a member of the political bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and became the head of the Election Office.

 

In 1991, in the Erbil axis, he participated in the uprising of South Kurdistan with a part of the members of the secretariat of the Kurdistan Students and Youth Union. From (1992 - 1999), he was the founder and director of Kurdistan TV (KTV).

 

In 2004, he became the head of the central office for professional organizations, and in 2017, he was appointed by the political bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party as the head of the organization office. 

 At the fourteenth congress In 2022, at the fourteenth congress, he was elected as a member of the central committee, and in the first meeting of the leadership committee, he was elected as a member of the political bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 2023, he became the head of the KDP Election Department, and in 2024, he became the head of the Mass Organizations Department of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. 



 

Source:

Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Board.