Haji Farah Ali Omar ( so, Xaaji Faarax Cali Cumar, ar, الحاج فرح علي عمر) (1907unknown) was born in the town of

jamaame Jamame ( so, Jamaame, ar, جمامة, it, Giamama formerly ''Villaggio Regina Margherita''), also spelled Giamame, is a town in the southern Lower Juba (Jubbada Hoose) region of Somalia. There are many farms located near Jamame. The equator pa ...

, situated in the

lower jubba Lower Juba ( so, Jubbada Hoose, Maay: ''Jubithy Hoosy'', ar, جوبا السفلى, it, Basso Giuba) is an administrative region ('' gobol'') in southern Somalia. With its capital at Kismayo, it lies in the autonomous Jubaland region. It has gre ...

region of

Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...

, and was a Somali politician. He was a senior official in the government of the

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and later served as Minister of Economic Affairs in

's post-independence civilian administration.

Biography

Omar was born in 1907 in the town of

Jamaame Jamame ( so, Jamaame, ar, جمامة, it, Giamama formerly ''Villaggio Regina Margherita''), also spelled Giamame, is a town in the southern Lower Juba (Jubbada Hoose) region of Somalia. There are many farms located near Jamame. The equator pa ...

, situated in the

Lower Juba Lower Juba ( so, Jubbada Hoose, Maay Maay, Maay: ''Jubithy Hoosy'', ar, جوبا السفلى, it, Basso Giuba) is an administrative region (''Administrative divisions of Somalia, gobol'') in southern Somalia. With its capital at Kismayo, it lie ...

region of

. Hon. Haji Farah was born in Jamaame in 1907 to parents from the middle region (Mudug). Farah spent his early years with his mother and after she died he lived with his father and stepmother briefly. After his mother's death, Farah failed to cope with his emotions and ran away from his father's home due to hostility from his stepmother. Farah started doing odd jobs in old town Mogadishu at the age of thirteen. He earned little but it was enough to pay for his studies. Farah succeeded in his studies and eventually he got a scholarship to Al-Azhar university in Cairo, Egypt, he is hailed from habargidir(sacad clan -indhoyar subclan. He later married his lifetime partner, Aisha Samatar. They had three daughters: Halima Farah, Fatima Farah and Dahabo Farah. Omar did not father any sons. His daughters followed his academic footsteps to become graduates from Al-Azhar University in Cairo.

Political career

Omar served as a Party Representative in the Territorial Council from 1952 to 1956. He was later appointed Minister for Economic Affairs in the

(1956) and the post-independence civilian government led by President

Aden Abdullah Osman Daar Aden Abdulle Osman Daar ( so, Aadan Cabdulle Cismaan Dacar, ar, آدم عبد الله عثمان دعر) (December 9, 1908 – June 8, 2007), popularly known as Aden Adde, was a Somali politician who served as the first president of the S ...

. As a member of the government both before and after Somalia's independence, Omar was a member of various missions to the

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and to the

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References

1907 births Year of death missing Somali Youth League politicians Government ministers of Somalia Permanent Representatives of Somalia to the United Nations Ethnic Somali people Somalian diplomats {{Somalia-politician-stub