Rassul Mamand

Rassul Mamand (1944–1994) was a Kurdish politician.

Rassul Mamand was born in 1944 in Bardashan to a notable family from the Shilana Tribe. He completed primary school in Bingird District. To continue his studies, he headed to Qaladiza and then to Sulaymaniyah in Iraqi Kurdistan.

He completed preparatory school stage in Sulaimani, where he started his political activities and became an active member of Kurdistan Students Union. Later, he entered College of Law at Mustansariya University.

However, he quit university while a student at third stage so that he could completely devote himself to political activities,in which he began to play a vital role. In 1968, he became the chief of Kurdistan Democratic Party-Qaladize Office.

In 1970, after the March 11 Manifesto, he was assigned as the superior of Sulaimani District Council of (KDP). In 1971, he was in charge of the organizations of (K.D.P) in Halabja and then removed to Dukan.

In 1972, he became the manager of Kirkuk Office of K.D.P. After the collapse of Kurds armed movement in 1975, he insisted on continuing his struggle and held some meetings with fellow strugglers to continue the revolution.

After they returned to Kurdistan, Rassul Mamand in cooperation with Sayda Salih Yusfi and the other strugglers founded Kurdistan Socialist Movement, which prolonged the revolt with Kurdistan Ranjdaran Association.

On February 10, 1993, he played a key role in the consolidation of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and Kurdistan Socialist Movement. Then he became PUK’s politburo member and the head of Akre and Duhok Centers and all the secret lines of Badinan. On Dec. 18, 1993, he was appointed a member of the Presidential Council of Kurdistan Region.

Rassul Mamand died on April 12, 1994, in London and was brought back to Kurdistan on April 24, and buried in his birthplace, Bardashan.