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Omar Sharmarke

1960 - Today

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Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke (; Somali: Cumar Cabdirashiid Cali Sharmaarke, Arabic: عمر شرماركي) (born 18 June 1960), popularly known as Omar Sharmarke, is a Somali diplomat and politician. From 2009 to 2010, he was the Prime Minister of Somalia. He subsequently briefly served as Somalia's Ambassador to the United States in 2014. In December 2014, Sharmarke was reappointed Prime Minister of Somalia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Omar Sharmarke is the 12,067th most popular politician (up from 17,458th in 2024), the 18th most popular biography from Somalia (up from 30th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Somali Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Omar Sharmarke ranks 12,067 out of 19,576. Before him are Lojze Peterle, Jean Joseph Mounier, Agustín Eyzaguirre, José María Iglesias, Giovanni Galbaio, and Nicolae Ciucă. After him are Deidamia I of Epirus, Gaius Caecilius Metellus Caprarius, Azlan Shah of Perak, Dragan Tomić, Pyrrhus II of Epirus, and Surangel Whipps Jr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Omar Sharmarke ranks 166. Before him are Wayne Rainey, Micheál Martin, Fabiola Gianotti, Mohammad Javad Zarif, Choi Sang-mok, and Nobuyo Fujishiro. After him are Adam Clayton, Peggy Whitson, Ángel Fernández Artime, Jan Wouters, Rob Marshall, and Thomas Haden Church.

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In Somalia

Among people born in Somalia, Omar Sharmarke ranks 18 out of 58. Before him are Mohamed Osman Jawari (1945), Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed (1934), Muse Bihi Abdi (1948), Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein (1912), Nur Hassan Hussein (1937), and Ali Mohammed Ghedi (1952). After him are Ali Mahdi Muhammad (1939), Nuruddin Farah (1945), Ayaan Hirsi Ali (1969), Hassan Ali Khayre (1968), Abdi Farah Shirdon (1958), and Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal (1928).

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Among POLITICIANS In Somalia

Among politicians born in Somalia, Omar Sharmarke ranks 15. Before him are Mohamed Osman Jawari (1945), Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed (1934), Muse Bihi Abdi (1948), Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein (1912), Nur Hassan Hussein (1937), and Ali Mohammed Ghedi (1952). After him are Ali Mahdi Muhammad (1939), Hassan Ali Khayre (1968), Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal (1928), Abdiweli Gaas (1967), Sharif Sheikh Ahmed (1964), and Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur (1931).

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