Bashe Awil Omar (born 1972 in Hargeisa, Somaliland) is a diplomat and politician. [1] He served as the Somaliland Representative to the United Arab Emirates (2015-2018) [2] and Kenya (2018-2021) as President of the Somaliland Liaison Office. [3] [4]
Bashe Awil Omar | |
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In office 2018–2021 | |
Somaliland Representative to Kenya | |
In office 2015–2018 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1972 Hargeisa |
Nationality | Somalilander |
Occupation | Diplomat |
Omar was born in 1972 in Hargeisa, Somaliland, and belongs to the Imran clan of the wider Isaaq clan-family. [5] In 1991, following the outbreak of the Somali Civil War, he moved to the United Kingdom. In 1997, Omar graduated with a bachelor's degree in chemistry from University College London. Omar received a scholarship to attend University of Manchester where he graduated with an MSc in Petrochemistry and Hydrocarbons Chemistry. During his residence in California, he got involved with mobilization for Kulmiye, a political party founded by his father-in-law, Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud. in 2011, Omar and his family moved to Nairobi, Kenya. [6] On 30 June 2015, Omar was appointed as the new Ambassador of Somaliland to the United Arab Emirates where he served from 2015 to 2018. [7] In 2018, President Musa Bihi Abdi appointed Omar as Somaliland Representative to Kenya and President of the Somaliland Liaison Office in Nairobi. [8] Upon assumption of the office in Nairobi, Omar has organised two major conferences between Somaliland and Kenya focusing on infrastructure and energy in 2018 and 2019. [9] [10]