Shafiq Ahmed Abdul-Fattah Ismail, known as Shafiq Ahmed Agha Chalabi and Shafiq Agha, was a politician and one of the supporters of the Second Barzan Revolution. In 1966, at the Seventh Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Kurdistan Democratic Party he was elected as a reserve member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. He was the Deputy Governor of Kirkuk, and in 1974, he was appointed as the Governor of Sulaymaniyah by the Revolutionary Command Council of the Aylul Revolution. He was martyred on June 27, 1980, in the city of Sulaymaniyah.

Biography

Shafiq Ahmed Abdul-Fattah Ismail was born in Sulaymaniyah Governorate. He was a primary school graduate and came from the family of the Twelve Horsemen of Marivan. In 1930, he participated in the demonstration at the Saray Square in Sulaymaniyah. From 1943 to 1945, he supported the Second Barzan Revolution. In 1945, he joined the ranks of the Kurdish Hiwa Party.

Struggle Record

Shafiq Ahmed Abdul-Fattah Ismail joined the ranks of the Peshmerga forces in the Year 1961. In 1963, he was imprisoned by the Iraqi army. In 1966, he was elected by the representatives as a reserve member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 1966, he was the head of the Administrative Committee of the Executive Office (Al-Maktab al-Tanfidhi) of the Revolutionary Command Council in Iraqi Kurdistan. In 1966, he was appointed as the Deputy Governor of Kirkuk by the Revolutionary Command Council in Iraqi Kurdistan. In 1967, he was the head of the Branch Three Committee. In 1967, an attempt was made on his life in the city of Kirkuk, but he survived. On April 9, 1970, following the March 11 Agreement between the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, he was appointed by a republican decree as the General Manager of the Sulaymaniyah Cigarette Factory. In 1970, Eighth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party he was in the village of Nawprdan, affiliated with Erbil Governorate. From 1970 to 1974, he was a member of the Branch Four Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.

On Tuesday, June 1, 1971, as a representative of the Branch Three Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, he welcomed a delegation from the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party. In 1972, he was the General Manager of the General Company for Cigarettes in Sulaymaniyah. In 1974, he was appointed by the leadership of the Kurdistan Democratic Party as the official in charge of the relations of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Kermanshah Governorate for the affairs of the refugees of Southern Kurdistan. In 1974, he was appointed as the Governor of Sulaymaniyah by the Aylul Revolution'sleadership. In 1975, after the collapse of the Aylul Revolution he became a refugee in Iran. In 1976, he returned to Southern Kurdistan and was exiled to Rumaitha in Samawa Governorate in Southern Iraq. On November 7, 1976, by an order of the Revolutionary Command Council, he was appointed as the Director of Municipalities of Wasit Governorate in Southern Iraq, where he resided under house arrest until 1979. In 1977, he was the Director of Municipalities of Kut Governorate. In 1980, he was martyred in the city of Sulaymaniyah. He was proficient in Kurdish, Arabic, English, and Persian.

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