Mustafa_Cagjar

Mustafa Mohammed Omar

Mustafa Mohammed Omar

Somali politician; President of Somali Region since 2018

Mustafa Muhumed Omar (Somali: Mustafe Muxumed Cumar; born 1972), also called Cagjar, is an Ethiopian politician who is the current president of the Somali Region and also the Deputy Chairman of the Somali Democratic Party, a member of Ethiopia’s newly formed Prosperity Party led by Abiy Ahmed, the sitting Prime Minister of Ethiopia.[1][2][3]

Quick Facts President of Somali Region, Preceded by ...

Mustafa was appointed to the acting presidency on 22 August 2018 following a political crisis where the Ethiopian military forced Abdi Mohamoud Omar to resign after a stand-off with the central government. Omer has previously worked as an teacher activist, and humanitarian in food security (pastoral and agro-pastoral livelihoods), partnership, resource mobilization, and strategic planning roles in different NGOs. He previously served as an advisor to the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia.

Life

Mustafa was born in 1972 in Aware, in the Jarar

Mustafa attended primary and intermediate school in the Aware district of the Jarar region. His family relocated to Degahbur where he started secondary school at Degahbur. He attended Addis Ababa University where he received an undergraduate degree in economics. He also received a Master's in Science in Agricultural Economics from Imperial College London.[4]

Other venture

Mustafa became a teacher at the Jijiga college and was later promoted to vice deputy assistant. He served as deputy of the Somali regional education office. He worked with international non-governmental institutions in different positions such as Save the Children, Oxfam and OCHA. During work in the United Nations, he was a critic of the ex-president of the Somali Region.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Mustafa Muhumed Omar appointed as president of Ethio-Somali region". August 23, 2018.
  2. [2]
    "ETHIOPIA : Moustapha Mouhoumed Omar hardens his tone - 28/09/2018 - The Indian Ocean Newsletter". Africa Intelligence. September 28, 2018.
  3. [3]
    "Brother of young man killed in Ethiopia's Somali region accuses VOA Somali Service of censorship - Sahan Journal". Archived from the original on 2018-10-10. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  4. [4]
    "Waa kuma Mustafe Cagjar? Madaxweynaha cusub ee DDSI". BBC News Somali (in Somali). Retrieved 2021-04-22.
  5. [5]
    "Waa kuma Mustafe Cagjar? Madaxweynaha cusub ee DDSI". BBC News Somali (in Somali). Retrieved 2021-11-11.


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