Mohammad Omar (Afghan governor)

Mohammad Omar
انجنير محمد عمر
Mohammad Omar on 5 October 2010

Governor of Kunduz, Afghanistan
In office 2004–2010
Preceded by	Abdul Latif Ibrahimi
Succeeded by	Muhammad Anwar Jigdaleg
Governor of Baghlan
In office 2001–2003
Preceded by	Norullah Noori
Succeeded by	?
Personal details
Born	Baharak, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
Died	October 8, 2010 Taloqan, Takhar province, Afghanistan
Religion	Islam

Mohammad Omar (Pashto: انجنير محمد عمر‎) (died October 8, 2010) was the Governor of Kunduz Province, Afghanistan. He was an ethnic Andar Pashtun from Baharak District of Afghanistan.

Omar completed two years of a four-year engineering program at Polytechnical University of Kabul.

Political life

Mohammad Omar served as the mayor of Taloqan from 1991 to 1992. During the civil war, he was a member of Islamic Dawah Organisation of Afghanistan.^[1] Soon after the fall of Taliban government, Omar was appointed as the governor of Baghlan Province where he served from 2001 to 2003.

He then served as Governor of Kunduz Province from 2004 until he was assassinated on 8 October 2010 when a bomb exploded at the Shirkat mosque in Taloqan, in neighboring Takhar province. 19 people were killed from the bomb, also 35 were injured.^[2]^[3]

Political affiliation

Omar was formerly affiliated with Abdul Rasul Sayyaf's Islamic Dawah Organisation of Afghanistan, until the time of his death.^[1] He was said to be a man with good manners.

References

1 2 "Kunduz Provincial Profile." NPS.com. Program for Culture and Conflict Studies at NPS, 15 Sept. 2009. Web. 30 Nov. 2009.<Program for Culture and Conflict Studies at NPS>
↑ "Afghan governor Omar dies in mosque bombing". BNO News. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
↑ "Head of Afghanistan's Kunduz province 'killed in blast'". BBC. 8 October 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2010.

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Preceded by Abdul Latif Ibrahimi	Governor of Kunduz, Afghanistan 2004–2010	Succeeded by Muhammad Anwar Jigdaleg
Preceded by Norullah Noori	Governor of Baghlan 2001–2003	Succeeded by ?

Governors of the provinces of Afghanistan

Badakhshan	Munshi Abdul Majid (2007–2009) Baz Mohammad Ahmadi (2009–)

Badghis	Gul Mohammad Arefi (2001–2005) Enayatullah Enayat (2005–2007) Mohammad Ashraf Naseri Dilbar Jan Arman Shinwari (2009–)

Baghlan	Mohammad Akbar Barakzai (2009–2010) Munshi Abdul Majid (2010–)

Balkh	Atta Muhammad Nur (2004–)

Bamyan	Habiba Sarabi (2005–)

Daykundi	Qurban Ali Oruzgani (2010–)

Farah	Roohul Amin (2008–2012) Mohammad Akram Khpalwak (2012-2014) Mohammad Asif Nang (2015-)

Faryab	Abdul Haq Shafaq (2006–)

Ghazni	Asadullah Khalid (2001–2005) Sher Alam Ibrahimi (2005–2006) Faizanullah Faizan (2007–2008) Osman Osmani (2008–2010) Musa Khan Ahmadzai (2010–)

Ghor	Ibrahim Malikzada (2001–2004) Abdul Qadir Alam (2004–2005) Shah Abdul Ahad Afzali (2005–2007) Baz Mohammad Ahmadi (2007–2009) Mohammad Eqbal Munib (2009–)

Helmand	Sher Mohammad Akhundzada (2001–2005) Mohammad Daoud (2005–2006) Assadullah Wafa (2006–2008) Mohammad Gulab Mangal (2008–)

Herat	Ahmad Yusuf Nuristani (2009–2010) Daud Shah Saba (2010–)

Jowzjan	Mohammad Hashim Zare (2007-2010) Alhaj Baymorad Qoyunly (July 2013 - )

Kabul	Haji Din Mohammad (2004–2009) Zabihullah Mojaddidy (2009–2011) Ahmadullah Alizai (2011-)

Kandahar	Gul Agha Sherzai (2001–2003) Yousef Pashtun (2003–2005) Asadullah Khalid (2005–2008) Rahmatullah Raufi (2008–2008) Tooryalai Wesa (2008–)

Kapisa	Ghulam Qawis Abubaker (2007–)

Khost	Arsala Jamal (2006–2008) Hamidullah Qalandarzai (2008–2009) Abdul Jabbar Naeemi (2010–)

Kunar	Fazlullah Wahidi (2007–2013) Shuja ul-Mulk Jalala (2013-2014) Mohammad Omar Safi (2014-)

Kunduz	Engineer Mohammad Omar (2006–2010) Muhammad Anwar Jigdaleg (2010-)

Laghman	Mohammad Golab Mangal (2006–08) Lutfullah Mashal (2008–2010) Mohammad Iqbal Azizi (2010–)

Logar	Fazlullah Mojadeddi (2001–2004) Mohammad Aman Hamimi (2004–2005) Sayed Abdul Karim Hashimi (2005–2007) Abdullah Wardak (2007–2008) Atiqullah Ludin (2008–)

Nangarhar	Abdul Qadir (2001–2002) Haji Din Mohammad (2002–04) Gul Agha Sherzai (2004–)

Nimruz	Abdul Karim Brahui (2001–2005) Ghulam Dastagir Azad (2005–2010) Abdul Karim Brahui (2010– )

Nuristan	Jamaluddin Badr (2008–)

Oruzgan	Jan Mohammed Khan (2002–2006) Maulavi Abdul Hakim Munib (2006–2007) Assadullah Hamdam (2007–2010) Mohammad Sherzad (2010-)

Paktia	Pacha Khan Zadran (2001–2002) Taj Mohammad Wardak (2002–2002) Raz Mohammed Dalili (2002–04) Assadullah Wafa (2004–05) Hakim Taniwal (2005–2006) Rahmatullah Rahmat (2006–2007) Juma Khan Hamdard (2007–)

Paktika	Mohibullah Samim (2010–2014) Abdul Karim Matin (2015–)

Panjshir	Keramuddin Keram (2010–)

Parwan	Abdul Basir Salangi (2009–)

Samangan	Khairullah Anosh (2010–)

Sar-e Pol	Anwar Rahmati (2010–2012) Abdul Jabar Haqbeen (2012-)

Takhar	Abdul Jabbar Taqwa (2010–)

Wardak	Abdul Jabbar Naeemi (2005–2008) Mohammad Halim Fidai (2008–)

Zabul	Mohammad Ashraf Naseri (2009–)

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