Abdelkader Taleb Omar ( ar, عبد القادر طالب عمر, ''ʿAbd āl-Qādar Ṭāleb ʿOmar''; born 1951) is a Sahrawi politician currently serving as the ambassador of Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic to Algeria since 17 March 2018 and a former

prime minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...

Career

Omar is a

Polisario Front The Polisario Front, Frente Polisario, Frelisario or simply Polisario, from the Spanish abbreviation of (Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el-Hamra and Río de Oro), (in ar, rtl=yes, الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير الس� ...

veteran who has lived in exile in the Tindouf province,

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since 1975. He has held several ministerial posts in previous governments, served as speaker of the

Sahrawi National Council The Sahrawi National Council (SNC) or Sahrawi Parliament is the legislature of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. Its structure and competences are guided by the Constitution of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR). The present speaker ...

(the parliament in exile) in the 1995-1998 period, and also as ''Wali'' (Governor) of the Smara refugee camp, near Tindouf. He was named to that post of Prime Minister by SADR president

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, in the framework of the XI General Popular Congress held in

Tifariti Tifariti (Berber: Tifariti, ar, تيفاريتي) is an oasis town located in north-eastern Western Sahara, east of the Moroccan Berm, from Smara and north of the border with Mauritania. It is part of what Polisario Front calls the '' Liberated ...

on October 29, 2003,Western Sahara News October , Weeks 40 - 44 (28.09.-31.10.2003
ARSO, 29 October 2003 and re-appointed again to that post in early 2012. Abdelkader was widely tipped to be the favorite to succeed

, to the post of president in 2015, with the Algerian

Département du Renseignement et de la Sécurité The Department of Intelligence and Security (DRS) (Arabic: دائرة الإستعلام والأمن) (french: Département du Renseignement et de la Sécurité) was the Algerian state intelligence service. Its existence dates back to the strug ...

considered to be preferring him over other candidates. But Abdelkader ruled himself out, paving way for

Brahim Ghali Brahim Ghali () ( ar, rtl=yes, إبراهيم غالي, Ibrāhīm Ġālī; es, Brahim Gali; born 16 September 1949) is a Sahrawi politician and military officer that serves as the current president of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) ...

, who was serving as the ambassador in Algiers at that time, and was also considered to be close to the Algerian DRS to ascend to that post. Abdelkader is widely perceived as a liberal, arguing for a return of the

United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara The United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara ( ar, بعثة الأمم المتحدة لتنظيم استفتاء في الصحراء الغربية; french: Mission des Nations Unies pour l'Organisation d'un Référendum au ...

to Sahrawi territories, as a preclude to the referendum, unlike many other Polisario Front leaders who would prefer an armed resistance against Morocco.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Omar, Abdelkader Taleb 1951 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Polisario Front politicians Prime Ministers of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Infrastructure ministers of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Interior ministers of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Information ministers of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Sahrawi expatriates in Algeria Sahrawi Sunni Muslims