Haji Farah Ali Omar

Haji Farah Ali Omar الحاج فرح علي عمر
Minister for Economic Affairs of Somalia
In office 1956–1960
Personal details
Born	1907 Jamaame, Somalia

Haji Farah Ali Omar (Somali: Xaaji Faarax Cali Cumar, Arabic: الحاج فرح علي عمر‎‎) (b. 1907) was a Somali politician. He was a senior official in the government of the Trust Territory of Somalia and later served as Minister of Economic Affairs in Somalia's post-independence civilian administration.^[1]

Biography

Omar was born in 1907 in the town of Jamaame, situated in the southern Jubba region of Somalia. His family later lived in Shalaambood in the Shabelle/Jubba river valleys.

Political career

Omar served as a Party Representative in the Territorial Council from 1952 to 1956. He was later appointed Minister for Economic Affairs in the Trust Territory of Somalia (1956) and the post-independence civilian government led by President Aden Abdullah Osman Daar.

As a member of the government both before and after Somalia's independence, Omar was a member of various missions to the United States and to the United Nations.^[2]

References

1. "De-classified Documents: Foreign Relations of the United States 1964-1968, Volume XXIV Africa:346. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State (Katzenbach) to President Johnson: March 12, 1968". Somali Watch (source: US Department of State, Washington). November 29, 200. Retrieved 1 November 2010. Check date values in: |date= (help)
2. "NEWS". Banadir.com. Retrieved 1 November 2010.