Abdilqadir Ali Omar Explained

Abdulqadir Ali Omar
Birth Place:Adado, Galgaduud, Somalia
Office:Minister of Interior Affairs of Somalia
Term Start:27 February 2009
Term End:20 January 2011
Primeminister:Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke
Successor:Abdi Shakur Hasan
Office2:Deputy Chairman of Islamic Courts Union
Term Start2:10 June 2003
Term End2:20 February 2007
Predecessor2:Established
Successor2:Demolished
Office3:Member of Somali Parliament
Term Start3:3 February 2009
Party:Independent

Abdilqadir Ali Omar (Somali: Cabdiqadir Cali Cumar, Arabic: عبد القادر علي عمر) is a Somali politician and scholar. He previously served as Minister of Interior of Somalia.[1] Omar was the first deputy and general chairman of Islamic Courts Union and led the resistance against the Ethiopian invasion of Somalia.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.hiiraan.com/news2/2009/mar/un_envoy_condemns_attack_on_somali_interior_minister.aspx." hiiran online" . retrieved Friday, March 27, 2009.