Leaders and statesmen
Omar Mohamud Mohamed "Finnish" (Cumar Maxamuud Maxamed "Filish")
Omar Mohamud Mohamed, known as Omar Finnish or Filish, was Mayor of Mogadishu and Governor of Banadir from 22 August 2019 to September 2022. In the 1990s and 2000s he led a wing of the USC/SSA faction in Mogadishu, sat in the 2004 transitional parliament and was part of the ARPCT alliance in 2006.
Omar Mohamud Mohamed "Finnish"Cumar Maxamuud Maxamed · Omar Filish
- Known as one of
- Leaders and statesmen
- Places
- Muqdisho and Banaadir
- Era
- Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 10 sources
Who is he?
Omar Mohamud Mohamed is a Somali politician known as Omar Finnish, also spelled Filish (Wikipedia, Omar Finnish). He was Mayor of Mogadishu and Governor of Banadir from August 2019 to September 2022 (same source). Wikipedia describes him as a former warlord (same source).
Faction years
He led a breakaway wing of the United Somali Congress/Somali Salvation Alliance (USC/SSA) (IRIN weekly round-up, 28 December 2001). The USC/SSA had first backed Ali Mahdi Mohamed in the civil war (Wikipedia). He was once the deputy of Musa Sudi Yalahow; the two later split and fought over parts of Mogadishu (IRIN, same source). See United Somali Congress.
Transitional parliament and 2006
He was one of the 275 members of the Transitional Federal Parliament on the list of 29 August 2004, as "Hon. Omar Mohamud Mohamed (Filish)" (Somali Civil Society list of MPs). In early 2006 he joined the Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counter-Terrorism (ARPCT), which fought the Islamic Courts Union (BBC Somali, July 2006). After the Courts' forces won in Mogadishu, he handed over his weapons after negotiations (same source). On 12 January 2007 he was at Villa Somalia when faction leaders and the transitional government agreed to disarm militias (Garowe Online, 12 January 2007).
Mayor of Mogadishu
President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed "Farmaajo" named him mayor and governor on 22 August 2019 (Reuters, 22 August 2019). He followed Abdirahman Omar Osman "Yarisow", who died after an attack on his office (Jowhar.com).
Handover, 2022
On 7 September 2022 President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud named Yusuf Hussein Jimaale "Madale" in his place (Hiiraan Online, Shabelle Media, 7 September 2022). He handed over on the night of 13 September 2022 at the Hamar local government house (Keydmedia, 14 September 2022). Keydmedia reported he thanked the city's people at the ceremony (same source).
In short
USC/SSA faction leader and transitional MP, then Mayor of Mogadishu from 2019 to 2022. See Mayors of Mogadishu.
Sources
- Wikipedia, Omar Finnish · en.wikipedia.org
- IRIN weekly round-up, 28 December 2001 · iys.cidi.org
- Somali Civil Society list of MPs · somali-civilsociety.org
- BBC Somali, July 2006 · bbc.com
- Garowe Online, 12 January 2007 · garoweonline.com
- Reuters, 22 August 2019 · reuters.com
- Jowhar.com · jowhar.com
- Hiiraan Online · hiiraan.com
- Shabelle Media, 7 September 2022 · shabellemedia.com
- Keydmedia, 14 September 2022 · keydmedia.net
Omar Mohamud Mohamed "Finnish"Cumar Maxamuud Maxamed · Omar Filish
- Known as one of
- Leaders and statesmen
- Places
- Muqdisho and Banaadir
- Era
- Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 10 sources
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