Biography

Sarbast Lazgin was born in the city of Duhok in Year 1965. He obtained a Bachelor's degree in Law from the University of Duhok in Year 2008. He was appointed Deputy Minister of Peshmerga in the eighth cabinet of the Kurdistan Regional Government in Year 2017. He is fluent in (Kurdish, Turkish, and Persian) languages.

The Struggle Pages

Sarbast Lazgin joined the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Year 1980, and joined the ranks of the Peshmerga Forces in Year 1981. In Year 1988, he participated in the Derlok epic against the Iraqi Army and was wounded. In the same year, after the Anfal operations in the Badinan region, he sought refuge in the Republic of Turkey.

He was a delegate to the (Tenth 1989), (Eleventh 1993), and (Twelfth 1999) Congresses of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. He was elected as a Member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party at the Thirteenth Congress in Year 2010. He was re-elected as a Member of the Central Committee at the Fourteenth Congress in Year 2022, and as a member of the Politburo of the Kurdistan Democratic Party at the first meeting of the Central Committee. He was appointed as the responsible for the Erbil Governorate Organization Office of the Party.

He was a commander in the Second Sector for the liberation of Zakho-Duhok in the uprising of Southern Kurdistan in Year 1991, and commander of the 42nd Zakho Forces in the Unified Kurdistan Army in Year 1993. 

During his work in the ranks of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, he held a number of tasks and responsibilities, including: responsible for the Amedi Local Committee (1993), responsible for the Semel Local Committee (1994), commander of the 9th Spilik Forces in the Kurdistan Army Command (Falak) (1996), responsible for the First Branch in Duhok (2007), and so on.

In Year 2003, he participated in the operations to liberate Iraq, including the liberation of the city of Mosul. He assumed command of the Sinjar front in Mosul Governorate in Year 2014 in the war against ISIS forces. During his struggle in the ranks of the Peshmerga, he was wounded several times. He was appointed Deputy Minister of Peshmerga in the eighth cabinet of the Kurdistan Regional Government in Year 2017.  

Source:

- Archive of the Encyclopedia Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.