Omar Finnish

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Omar Mohamud Mohamed (Finnish)
(عمر محمود محمد (فنش
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Mayor of Mogadishu
Assumed office
22 August 2019
Prime MinisterHassan Ali Kheyre
Preceded byAbdirahman Omar Osman
Member of Somalia Parliament
In office
2004–2016
Personal details
Born1965
jowhar state

Omar Mohamud Mohamed (Somali: Cumar Maxamuud Maxamed) known as Omar Finnish (sometimes spelled Filish) is a Somali politician. He is the current Mayor of Mogadishu & Governor of the Banaadir. He was appointed on 22 August 2019 by Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed.[1][2]

United Somali Congress/Somali Salvation Alliance (USC/SSA)[]

He is leader of a splinter movement of the United Somali Congress/Somali Salvation Alliance (USC/SSA), which had been initially loyal to Ali Mahdi Mohammed during the Somali Civil War. He was also once the loyal deputy of Musa Sudi Yalahow, but the two split and fought over control of Mogadishu.[3]

ARPCT[]

Main articles: ARPCT and Second Battle of Mogadishu

In early 2006, he was a member of the Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counter-Terrorism (ARPCT), a CIA-backed alliance which fought against the Islamic Courts Union (ICU). His forces were defeated by the ICU militia in the Second Battle of Mogadishu.

Transitional Federal Government[]

Main articles: Fall of Mogadishu and Disarmament in Somalia

When the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) was organized in 2004, he was one of the 275 selected members of the Transitional Federal Parliament enumerated in the official list of August 29, 2004, listed as the Hon. Omar Mohamud Mohamed (Filish). His term expired in 2009.[4]

After the defeat of the ICU by the alliance of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG), the autonomous states of Puntland and Galmudug, various rebel leaders and, most importantly, the army of Ethiopia, he returned to Mogadishu and was present on January 12, 2007 at Villa Somalia where an agreement was reached between the Mogadishu warlords and the TFG to disarm the militias and to direct members to join the national army and police.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ M. "Somali President appoints Omar Filish as the new Governor of Banadir and the Mayor of Mogadishu". jowhar.com. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
  2. ^ "Somali president replaces security chiefs and Mogadishu mayor". Reuters. 2019-08-22. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
  3. ^ "HORN OF AFRICA IRIN-HOA Weekly Round-up 69 22 - 28 December 2001". IRIN. 2001-12-28. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-02-07.
  4. ^ "Selected Members of the Transitional Federal Parliament of Somalia (275) 29.08.2004 - 2009" (PDF). . 2004-08-29. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 13, 2015. Retrieved 2007-02-07.
  5. ^ "Somalia leaders, ex-warlords reach deal as fighting kills 7". Garowe Online. 2007-01-12. Retrieved 2007-01-12.[dead link]


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