Abdilqadir Ali Omar

Abdulqadir Ali Omar
Minister of Interior Affairs of Somalia
In office
27 February 2009 – 20 January 2011
Prime MinisterOmar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke
Succeeded byAbdi Shakur Hasan
2nd Deputy Chairman of Islamic Courts Union
In office
26 June 2006 – 20 February 2007
Preceded byEstablished
Succeeded byAbolished
Member of Somali Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office
3 February 2009
Personal details
BornAdado, Galgaduud, Somalia
Political partyIndependent
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Abdilqadir Ali Omar (Somali: Cabdiqadir Cali Cumar, Arabic: عبد القادر علي عمر) is a Somali politician and scholar who served as vice chairman of the Islamic Courts Union. Abdilqadir remained in Somalia during the Ethiopian military occupation to manage ICU insurgents.[1] He later served as Minister of Interior of the Transitional Federal Government.

Omar, born in the Adado district of the Galgaduud region in central Somalia, grew up in Mogadishu, where he completed his secondary education. He pursued studies in Islamic education under prominent Islamic scholars. In 2004, he became the head of one of the constituent courts of the Islamic Courts Union and was later appointed vice-chairman of the organization.[2] He also led the resistance against the Ethiopian invasion of Somalia.

In March 2009, Omar was wounded in a bombing carried out by Al-Shabaab while serving as TFG Minister of Interior Affairs.[3]

  1. ^ Farah, Ahmednor Mohamed (1 February 2009). "Somalia: Islamic Courts Union Welcomes New President". AllAfrica. Sheikh Abdulqadir is the local head of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU), who remained in the country after the leadership of the ICU fled the country.
  2. ^ "Who's who in the Islamic Courts". The New Humanitarian. 26 June 2007.
  3. ^ "UN Envoy condemns attack on Somali Interior Minister". Hiiraan Online. 27 March 2009. Retrieved 2024-10-06.