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Mohamed Abdullahi Omaar ( so, Maxamed Cabdullahi Omaar, ar, محمد عبدالله أومار) is a Somali politician and diplomat. He twice served as the Foreign Minister of
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Biography

He is the elder son of businessman Abdullahi Omaar. He also has three younger siblings: one of his sisters, Raqiya Omaar, is a human rights advocate, and his younger brother Rageh Omaar is a journalist. Omaar belongs to a prominent family of the
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sub-division of the Habr Awal Isaaq clan. His family was based in
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. Omaar was educated at a boarding school in
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before graduating from Trinity College,
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Political career

Omaar served as one of the Foreign Ministers of Somalia,HARDtalk (June 3, 2009)
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having been appointed to the office on February 20, 2009 by then
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Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke (; so, Cumar Cabdirashiid Cali Sharmaarke, ar, عمر شرماركي) (born 18 June 1960), popularly known as Omar Sharmarke, is a Somali diplomat and politician. From 2009 to 2010, he was the Prime Minister of Soma ...
. After working in various other governmental posts, on November 12, 2010, Omaar was re-appointed Foreign Minister in addition to one of several Deputy Prime Ministers by the new Somali Premier, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed.Somali PM unveils leaner cabinet
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served as Omaar's Deputy Foreign Minister. Following a cabinet reshuffle in February 2012,MP: Some Somali cabinet ministers are due to be reshuffled
/ref> Abdullahi Haji Hassan succeeded Omaar as the new Foreign Minister.Heads of State, Heads of Government, Ministers for Foreign Affairs
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and
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supported Dr. Omaar’s bid to become Prime Minister of Somalia in late 2013.


See also

* Rageh Omaar


References

J. Ferguson, The World's Most Dangerous Place: Inside the Outlaw State of Somalia, p. 83 {{DEFAULTSORT:Omaar, Mohamed Abdullahi Living people Foreign Ministers of Somalia Government ministers of Somalia Alumni of the University of Oxford 1952 births