Abdisalam Omer
| Abdisalam Omer عبد السلام عمر |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 27 January 2015 – 29 March 2017 |
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| President | Hassan Sheikh Mohamud |
| Prime Minister | Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke |
| Preceded by | Abdirahman Duale Beyle |
| Succeeded by | Yusuf Garaad Omar |
| Governor of the Central Bank of Somalia | |
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In office 17 January 2013 – 13 September 2013 |
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| President | Hassan Sheikh Mohamud |
| Preceded by | Abdillahi Hagi Jama Ali |
| Chief Business Officer for the District of Columbia Public Schools | |
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In office February 2007 – January 2013 |
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| Director of the UNDP Somalia Financial Services and Governance Program | |
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In office February 2002 – 2006 |
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| Chief of Staff at the Executive Office of the Mayor of the District of Columbia | |
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In office April 1999 – 2001 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 1954/1955 (age 61–62) |
| Political party | Independent |
| Alma mater |
Boston College Oklahoma State University University of Tennessee |
| Religion | Islam |
Abdisalam Omer (Somali: Cabdisalaan Omeer, Arabic: عبد السلام عمر), also known as Abdisalan Hadliye Omar, is a Somali economist and politician. He was previously a Chief of Staff at the Executive Office of the Mayor of the District of Columbia, a Director of the UNDP Somalia Financial Services and Governance Program, and a Chief Business Officer for the District of Columbia Public Schools. He also served as Governor of the Central Bank of Somalia in 2013. He served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Somalia from 27 February 2015 to 29 March 2017.
Omer's family hails from the northwestern Awdal region of Somalia. He hails from the Gadabuursi clan
At the age of 16, Omer moved to the United States. For his post-secondary education, he studied at Boston College, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics in 1977. Four years later, he completed a Master of Arts in Public Administration at the Oklahoma State University. Omer subsequently taught American politics, public and personnel administration, budgeting and program evaluation to undergraduates at the University of Tennessee. Concurrently, he earned a Ph.D. in Public Administration from the institution in 1986.
Omer holds dual Somali and American citizenship.
In 1987, Omer served as a Research Associate with ACRC Systems based in New York City. He then relocated to Washington, D.C. in 1989, where he was an international student advisor on immigration and naturalization issues at Southeastern University. Omer subsequently joined the Prince William County capital improvement projects, where he worked over three years as a management and budget analyst. He was likewise a consultant in international finance to the World Bank's Africa Region for a short period.
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