Haji Farah Ali Omar
| Haji Farah Ali Omar الحاج فرح علي عمر | |
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| Minister for Economic Affairs of Somalia | |
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In office 1956–1960 | |
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1907 Jamaame, Somalia |
Haji Farah Ali Omar (Somali: Xaaji Faarax Cali Cumar, Arabic: الحاج فرح علي عمر) (b. 1907) was a Somali politician. He was a senior official in the government of the Trust Territory of Somalia and later served as Minister of Economic Affairs in Somalia's post-independence civilian administration.[1]
Biography
Omar was born in 1907 in the town of Jamaame, situated in the southern Jubba region of Somalia. His family later lived in Shalaambood in the Shabelle/Jubba river valleys.
Political career
Omar served as a Party Representative in the Territorial Council from 1952 to 1956. He was later appointed Minister for Economic Affairs in the Trust Territory of Somalia (1956) and the post-independence civilian government led by President Aden Abdullah Osman Daar.
As a member of the government both before and after Somalia's independence, Omar was a member of various missions to the United States and to the United Nations.[2]
References
- ↑ "De-classified Documents: Foreign Relations of the United States 1964-1968, Volume XXIV Africa:346. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State (Katzenbach) to President Johnson: March 12, 1968". Somali Watch (source: US Department of State, Washington). November 29, 200. Retrieved 1 November 2010. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ "NEWS". Banadir.com. Retrieved 1 November 2010.