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Religion
  
Islam

Spouse(s)
  
Farhiya Del


Children
  
4

Name
  
Mohamud Noor

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Born
  
1977/1978 (age 37–38)
Somalia

Occupation
  
computer scientist, activist, politician

Title
  
Director of the Confederation of Somali Community in Minnesota

Alma mater
  
Metropolitan State University

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Mohamud Noor (Somali: Maxamuud Nuur, Arabic: محمود نور‎‎) is a Somali-American computer scientist, activist and politician. He is the current Director of the Confederation of Somali Community in Minnesota.

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Personal life

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Noor was born between 1977 and 1978 in Somalia. Following the start of the civil war, he and his family sought asylum in Kenya. They shortly afterwards emigrated to the United States in 1999, settling in Minnesota.

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For his post-secondary studies, Noor earned a B.S. in computer science from the Metropolitan State University. He held a part-time job at Macy's while studying.

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Noor is the acting Director of the Confederation of Somali Community in Minnesota, a Minneapolis-based NGO serving immigrants.

Noor is a Muslim. He is married to Farhiya Del, with whom he has four children. The family currently lives in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood.

Career

Noor is a computer scientist by training. He was a system administrator for the Minnesota Department of Human Services. Due to a law prohibiting federal employees from campaigning, he later stepped down from the position.

In 2010, Noor ran for a seat on the board of the Minneapolis Public Schools, finishing in fifth place. He was the runner-up in the next year's DFL Senate District 59 primary ballot. Noor's campaign received endorsements from the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers, Minnesota Association of Professional Employees, Stonewall DFL and Take Action Minnesota. In December 2013, he was appointed to the Minneapolis school board, beating out Ubah Jama on a 5-3 vote to replace the late Hussein Samatar.

In February 2014, Noor challenged veteran state legislator Phyllis Kahn for a DFL-Minneapolis seat. Noor's policy priorities were job creation via investments in the green economy, health care issues, and forging partnerships with the University of Minnesota. Additionally, he sought to secure more funding for schools, advocated a move away from complete reliance on property taxes, and backed the state government's request for a waiver to get out of No Child Left Behind. He supported interment at Fort Snelling National Cemetery for Hmong veterans of the Vietnam War, as well as the Affordable Care Act. In contrast to the majority of his socially conservative constituents, Noor's campaign also supported same-sex marriage. He received endorsements from the former Mayor of Minneapolis R. T. Rybak as well as several local progressive groups, including the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees, Stonewall DFL, and the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers.

On August 12 2014, in the DFL Senate District 60B ballot Noor lost to Kahn, receiving 1,949 votes (45.53 percent) to her 2,332 votes (54.47 percent). The primary challenge was reportedly one of Kahn's most difficult since her first election in 1972.

In 2016, Noor again sought to challenge Kahn. However, Ilhan Omar defeated both in the DFL primary to become the nominee for the 2016 Minnesota House election for district 60B..

In 2017, he ran for City Council in Minneapolis Ward 6.

Issues

Noor supports a 15 dollar an hour minimum wage, increased access to home ownership, and reduction of poverty. He supports the right of felons to vote, and supports transforming the prison system from punitive to rehabilitative. He has been a vocal supporter of the Black Lives Matter movement, and supports greater police accountability. He is critical of the increased surveillance of Muslim Youth. He has been endorsed by OutFront Minnesota for his treatment of LGBTQ issues.

References

Mohamud Noor Wikipedia