Bashe Awil Omar (born 1972 in

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, Somaliland) is a diplomat and politician. He served as the Somaliland

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to the

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(2015-2018) and

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(2018-2021) as President of the Somaliland Liaison Office.

Background

Omar was born in 1972 in

, Somaliland. In 1991, Following the outbreak of the

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, he moved to the

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. In 1997, Omar graduated with a bachelor's degree in Chemistry from UCL. Omar received a scholarship to attend

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where he graduated with an MSc in Petrochemistry and Hydrocarbons Chemistry. During his residence in

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, he got involved with mobilization for Kulmiye, a political party which was founded by his father-in-law,

Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud "Silanyo" ( so, Axmed Maxamed Maxamuud Siilaanyo, ar, احمد محمد محمود سيلانيو) (born 1938) is a Somaliland politician who was President of Somaliland from 2010–2017. He is a long-time member of the g ...

. in 2011, Omar and his family moved to

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, Kenya. On 30 June 2015, Omar was appointed as the new Ambassador of Somaliland to the United Arab Emirates where he served from 2015 to 2018. In 2018, President Musa Bihi Abdi appointed Omar as Somaliland Representative to Kenya and President of the Somaliland Liaison Office in Nairobi. Upon assumption of the office in Nairobi, Omar has organised two major conferences between Somaliland and Kenya focusing on infrastructure and energy in 2018 and 2019.Investors to benefit from Kenya and Somaliland ties
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References

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