Abdihakim Abdullahi Haji Omar
| Abdihakim Abdullahi Haji Omar عبد الحكيم عبد الله حاجي عمر |
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| Vice President of Puntland | |
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Assumed office 8 January 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Abdisamad Ali Shire |
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| Born | Buuhoodle, Somalia |
Abdihakim Abdullahi Haji Omar (Somali: Cabdihakiin Cabdulaahi Xaaji Cumar, Arabic: عبد الحكيم عبد الله حاجي عمر), also known as Abdihakin Abdullahi Omar Amey, is a Somali politician. He is the Vice President of Puntland.
Omar hails from Buuhoodle in the NorthEastern Cayn region of Somalia.
Omar is a newcomer to politics. In 2013-2014, he ran for Vice President of the autonomous Puntland state in northeastern Somalia during the region's 2014 elections. He was declared the winner on 8 January 2014
Omar made his first official trip as Puntland Vice President on 17 January 2014, when he visited Galkayo in the north-central Mudug province. Accompanied by state government officials and elders, the delegation was welcomed at a public gathering at the Abdullahi Yusuf International Airport (Galkayo Airport) by the provincial authorities, representatives of women's groups, and local elders. Omar is also scheduled to visit Kismayo in the southern Lower Juba province.
On 25 January 2014, Puntland Vice President Omar and President Abdiweli Mohamed Ali were officially inaugurated into office at a ceremony at the state capital Garowe. The event was attended by a number of dignitaries, including former Puntland Presidents Abdirahman Mohamud Farole and Mohamud Muse Hersi, Jubaland President Ahmed Mohamed Islam (Madobe), Galmudug President Abdi Hasan Awale Qeybdiid, former Prime Minister of Somalia Ali Mohammed Ghedi, federal MPs, ambassadors from Djibouti, Ethiopia and Turkey, UN Special Representative for Somalia Nicholas Kay, members of the Somali expatriate community and Puntland public, and US, AU and IGAD representatives. Education background Master of Economics and phD of commerce
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