Omar Mohamud Mohamed () is a Somali politician and former warlord known as Omar Finnish (sometimes spelled Filish). He is the former

Mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a Municipal corporation, municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilitie ...

Mogadishu Mogadishu, locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and List of cities in Somalia by population, most populous city of Somalia. The city has served as an important port connecting traders across the Indian Ocean for millennia and has ...

and Governor of

Banaadir Banaadir (, , ) is an administrative region ('' gobol'') in southeastern Somalia. It covers the same area as the city of Mogadishu, which serves as the capital. It is the only region in the country not belonging to any of the six states. It is b ...

. He was appointed on 22 August 2019 by Somalia President

Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (, ; born March 11, 1962), also known as Farmaajo, is a Somali politician who served as president of Somalia from 2017 to 2022. He was Prime Minister of Somalia, prime minister of Somalia for six months, from Novembe ...

. He stepped down on 7 September 2022 after the new president of Somalia,

Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (Somali language, Somali: ''Xasan Sheekh Maxamuud''; ; born 29 November 1955) is a Somali politician serving as the president of Somalia since 15 May 2022. He previously held the office from 2012 to 2017. Hassan was previo ...

, reappointed Yusuf Hussein Jimaale as the new mayor of Mogadishu and Governor of Banaadir.

SSA)

He is the leader of a splinter movement of the

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/Somali Salvation Alliance (USC/SSA), which had been initially loyal to Ali Mahdi Mohammed during the

Somali Civil War The Somali Civil War (; ) is an List of ongoing armed conflicts, ongoing civil war that is taking place in Somalia. It grew out of resistance to the military junta which was led by Siad Barre during the 1980s. From 1988 to 1990, the Somali Armed ...

. He was also once the loyal deputy of

Musa Sudi Yalahow Muse Sudi Yalahow born Mogadishu (; Arabic: موسى سودي يالاهو) is a member of the Federal Parliament of Somalia and a warlord. During the early 2000's he was a member of the Somalia Reconciliation and Restoration Council (SRRC) ...

, but the two split and fought over control of Mogadishu.

ARPCT

In early 2006, he was a member of the

Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counter-Terrorism The Somali Warlord Alliance, officially called the Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counter-Terrorism (Abbreviation, abbreviated ARPCT; ), was a Somali people, Somali alliance created by various Somali warlords and businessmen with the ba ...

(ARPCT), a CIA-backed alliance which fought against the

Islamic Courts Union The Islamic Courts Union () was a legal and political organization founded by Mogadishu-based Sharia courts during the early 2000s to combat the lawlessness stemming from the Somali Civil War. By mid-to-late 2006, the Islamic Courts had expanded ...

(ICU). His forces were defeated by the ICU militia in the

Second Battle of Mogadishu The Second Battle of Mogadishu was fought for control of Somalia's capital city, Mogadishu. The opposing forces were the Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counter-Terrorism (ARPCT), and militia loyal to the Islamic Courts Union (ICU). ...

and he surrendered his military assets to the Islamist group after some negotiations.

Transitional Federal Government

When the

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(TFG) was organized in 2004, he was one of the 275 selected members of the

Transitional Federal Parliament The Transitional Federal Parliament of the Somali Republic (TFP) (; often ''Baarlamaanka Federaalka Soomaaliya'') was the national parliament of Somalia from 2004 until 2012. In a 2008 report called 'So Much to Fear' Human Rights Watch accused th ...

enumerated in the official list of August 29, 2004, listed as the Hon. Omar Mohamud Mohamed (Filish). His term expired in 2009. After the defeat of the ICU by the alliance of the

(TFG), the autonomous states of

Puntland Puntland is an autonomous state that considers itself to be part of Somalia, despite not accepting the legitimacy of Somalia's current governing administration. It was formed in 1998, and was a federal member state of Somalia from its fou ...

and

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, various rebel leaders and, most importantly, the army of

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, he returned to Mogadishu and was present on January 12, 2007, at

Villa Somalia Villa Somalia (, ) in Mogadishu, is the palace and principal workplace of the president of Somalia. The current occupant is president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS). History The edifice was built in the Art De ...

where an agreement was reached between the Mogadishu warlords and the TFG to disarm the militias and to direct members to join the national army and police.

References

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