Fatah Khalil Zakhoyi, born in Zakho, 1964.
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering 1990, Baghdad University of Technology.
-Higher Diploma in Political Science – St. Clemens University.
- He has been involved in political activities since the early 1980s. After the uprising, he held several positions in the Kurdistan Laborers' Party, including: Head of the Duhok branch in 1994, Head of the Bureau of Arab Relations - Damascus 1996-2000.
- Minister of Culture – Sulaimani Administration 2001-2005.
- Participated in the establishment of the referendum movement and was a member of the high committee of the movement 2003-2007.
- Currently a member of the Political Bureau of the Kurdistan Laborers' Party.[1]