Mustafa Muhumed Omar ( so, Mustafe Muxumed Cumar; born 1972), also called Cagjar, is an Ethiopian politician who is the current president of the

Somali Region The Somali Region ( so, Deegaanka Soomaalida, am, ሱማሌ ክልል, Sumalē Kilil, ar, المنطقة الصومالية), also known as Soomaali Galbeed (''Western Somalia'') and officially the Somali Regional State, is a regional stat ...

and also the Deputy Chairman of the Somali Democratic Party, a member of Ethiopia’s newly formed

Prosperity Party The Prosperity Party ( am, ብልጽግና ፓርቲ, Bilits’igina Paritī; om, Paartii Badhaadhiinaa) is a political party in Ethiopia that was established on 1 December 2019 as a successor to the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic F ...

led by

Abiy Ahmed Abiy Ahmed Ali ( om, Abiyi Ahmed Alii; am, አብይ አሕመድ ዐሊ; born 15 August 1976) is an Ethiopian politician who has been the 4th prime minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia since 2 April 2018. He won the 2019 ...

, the sitting Prime Minister of

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

. Mustafa was appointed to the acting presidency on 22 August 2018 following a political crisis where the

Ethiopian military The Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) ( am, የኢፌዲሪ መከላከያ ሠራዊት, Ye’īfēdērī mekelakeya šerawīt, lit=FDRE Defense Force) is the military force of Ethiopia. Civilian control of the military is carried out t ...

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 A non-governmental organization (NGO) or non-governmental organisation (see spelling differences) is an organization that generally is formed independent from government. They are typically nonprofit entities, and many of them are active in ...

. 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 Degehabur ( so, Dhagaxbuur, Amharic language, Amharic: ደገሕ ቡር) is a town in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. It is located in the Degehabur Zone of the Somali Region on the Jerer River, Degahbur is traditionally the seat of the Dalalgu ...

where he started secondary school at

. 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 Imperial College London (legally Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom. Its history began with Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria, who developed his vision for a cu ...

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 The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmoniz ...

, he was a critic of the ex-president of the Somali Region.

References

Living people Somalian politicians 1972 births {{Ethiopia-bio-stub