Haji Omar Kheri | |
Office: | Member of the Zanzibar House of Representatives for Tumbatu |
Term Start: | 1995 |
Office2: | Senior Advisor to the President for Political and Social Relations |
Term Start2: | 13 June 2023 |
President2: | Samia Suluhu Hassan |
Alongside2: | Rajab Omar Luhwavi, Abdallah Bulembo, William Lukuvi |
Predecessor2: | Office established |
Birth Date: | 10 January 1960 |
Birth Place: | Unguja, Sultanate of Zanzibar |
Nationality: | Tanzanian |
Party: | Chama Cha Mapinduzi |
Haji Omar Kheir (born 10 January 1960) is a Tanzanian CCM politician and a member of the Zanzibar House of Representatives representing Tumbatu constituency in the Zanzibar House of Representatives since 1995.[1] [2] [3] In June 2023 he was appointed by President Samia Suluhu Hassan to be an advisor to the President on (political and social relations) together with other three appointees.[4]
He has held various government ministry positions in Zanzibar, he was the Minister of State and Chairman of the Revolutionary Council of Zanzibar, State Minister in the President's Office (Public Service and Good Governance), Minister in the President's Office Regional Authorities and Special Departments, Minister in the President's office (Special Forces), Minister of State (Regional Administration and Local Government and SMZ Units).[5] [6]