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.