Mohamed Abdullahi Omaar is a Somali

Somali people

Somalis are an ethnic group located in the Horn of Africa, also known as the Somali Peninsula. The overwhelming majority of Somalis speak the Somali language, which is part of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family...

 politician and diplomat. He is the Foreign Minister

Foreign relations of Somalia

Foreign relations of Somalia are handled primarily by the President as the head of state, the Prime Minister as the head of government, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Transitional Federal Government....

 of Somalia

Somalia

Somalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory...

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Biography

Omaar is the elder son of businessman Abdullahi Omaar. He also has three younger siblings: one of his sisters, Raqiya Omaar, is a human rights advocate, and his brother Rageh Omaar

Rageh Omaar

Rageh Omaar , is a Somali born British journalist and writer. His latest book Only Half of Me deals with the tensions between these two sides of his identity. He used to be a BBC world affairs correspondent, where he made his name reporting from Iraq...

 is a journalist. His family was based in Mogadishu

Mogadishu

Mogadishu , popularly known as Xamar, is the largest city in Somalia and the nation's capital. Located in the coastal Benadir region on the Indian Ocean, the city has served as an important port for centuries....

 and reportedly had properties and estates in Mogadishu; the 6 piano and the US Mission Head Quarters belong to their family.

Omaar was educated at Oxford University

University of Oxford

The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...

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Political career

Omaar served as one of the Foreign Ministers of Somalia

Foreign relations of Somalia

Foreign relations of Somalia are handled primarily by the President as the head of state, the Prime Minister as the head of government, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Transitional Federal Government....

, having been appointed to the office on February 20, 2009 by then Prime Minister, Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke

Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke

Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke is a Somali diplomat and politician. He is the former Prime Minister of Somalia.-Biography:...

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After working in various other governmental posts, on November 12, 2010, Omaar was re-appointed Foreign Minister in addition to one of several Deputy Prime Ministers by the new Somalian Premier, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed.

As of August 2011, Mohamed Mohamud Ibrahim

Mohamed Mohamud Ibrahim

-Biography:From 2008 to 2011, Ibrahim lived in Harlesden in the United Kingdom, where he worked as an English support teacher at the Newman Catholic College....

serves as Omaar's Deputy Foreign Minister.