Haji Farah Ali Omar

Haji Farah Ali Omar (, ) (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.

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.

See also

• Trust Territory of Somalia

References

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