Mustafe Mohammed Omer
Mustafe Mohammed Omer | |
|---|---|
| Mustafe Muxumed Cumar | |
| Chief Administrator of Somali Region | |
| Assumed office 22 August 2018 | |
| Deputy | Ibrahim Osman |
| Preceded by | Abdi Mohamoud Omar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1972 (age 53–54) |
| Party | Prosperity Party |
| Other political affiliations | Ethiopian Somali People's Democratic Party |
| Education | Addis Ababa University (BA) Imperial College London (MA) |
Mustafe Mohammed Omer (Somali: Mustafe Muxumed Cumar; born 1972), also called Cagjar, is an Ethiopian politician who is the current president of the Somali Region and also the Deputy Chairman of the Somali Democratic Party, a member of Ethiopia’s newly formed Prosperity Party led by Abiy Ahmed, the sitting prime minister of Ethiopia.
Mustafe was appointed to the acting presidency on 22 August 2018 becoming the 13th president of Somali Region following a political crisis where the Ethiopian military forced Abdi Mohamoud Omar to resign after a stand-off with the central government. Omer has previously worked as a teacher activist, and humanitarian in food security (pastoral and agro-pastoral livelihoods), partnership, resource mobilization, and strategic planning roles in different NGOs. He previously served as an advisor to the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia.