Hurmiz Malik Chikko

Hurmiz Malik Chikko (; 1934 - December 2, 1963) was an Iraqi Assyrian rebel leader and insurgent. He led the Assyrian armed struggle against successive Iraqi governments from the late 1950s–primarily during the First Iraqi–Kurdish War–until his death in 1963. He also promoted Assyrian autonomy in the Nineveh Plains.

Early life and family Chikko was born in 1934 in the village of Diana, Northern Iraq. was Gewargis Malik Chikko, another Assyrian advocate who was the head of the High Committee of Christian affairs in Iraq and a founding member of the Chicago-branch of the Assyrian Universal Alliance.

Assyrian activism Chikko commanded the Assyrian front against successive Iraqi governments in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Death Chikko was killed in the Battle of Aloka on December 2, 1963, at the age of 29, along with six other Assyrian fighters. that he lived in for most of his life. Kore Gavana, along with many other Assyrian-majority villages in Iraq's Dohuk Governorate, were eventually annexed by the Kurdistan Regional Government.

Legacy Chikko is viewed by many Assyrians and Yazidis today as a martyr for their protection during a time of instability, as well as a martyr for the Assyrian nationalist cause. and Korehgawana by Juliana Jendo.

There was controversy among the international Assyrian community during the 2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum, when an image of Chikko's statue in the village of Kore Gavana covered with Kurdish flags was surfaced. This was seen by many Assyrians as an attempt by the Kurdistan Regional Government to Kurdify Chikko's Assyrian nationalist legacy.