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Mustafa Mohammed Omar | |
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Mustafe Muxumed Cumar | |
Chief Administrator of Somali Region | |
Assumed office 22 August 2018 | |
Deputy | Ibrahim |
Preceded by | Abdi Mohamoud Omar |
Personal details | |
Born | 1972 (age 52–53) Aware, Hararghe Province, Ethiopian Empire (present-day Aware, Somali Region, Ethiopia) |
Political party | Prosperity Party |
Other political affiliations | Ethiopian Somali People's Democratic Party |
Mustafa Muhumed Omar (Somali: Mustafe Muxumed Cumar; born 1972), also called Cagjar, is an somali 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]
Mustafa was appointed to the acting presidency on 22 August 2018 becoming the 13th president of somali region 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 a 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.