Profession politician, physician Religion Islam | Name Musa Omer | |
Preceded by Mohammad Abdullahi Omar Political party Peace, Unity, and Development Party | ||
Musa Kassim Omer (Somali: Muuse Qasim Cumar, Arabic: موسى قاسم عمر) is a Somali Surgeon and politician. He is the Minister of Commerce and International Investment of the northwestern Somaliland region of Somalia.
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Personal life
Omer was born in Gabiley, situated in the former British Somaliland protectorate. He spent his childhood in the town and Djibouti. He hails from the Isaaq clan.
In 1980, Omer earned a Doctor of Medicine from the Somali National University in Mogadishu.
Career
Omer previously served as the WHO Emergency and Humanitarian Officer for Somalia. He was also the Executive Director of the Somaliland National AIDS Commission (SOLNAC).
In May 2014, Omer was appointed Minister of Commerce and International Investment of the northwestern Somaliland region of Somalia and he has been sacked in early 2016, after the Kulmiye Conference in the late of 2015.