1. In December 2014, Sharmarke was reappointed Prime Minister of Somalia.
18 Facts About Omar Sharmarke
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Omar Sharmarke's term ended on 1 March 2017, and he was replaced by Hassan Ali Khaire.
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Omar Sharmarke was born in 1960 in Mogadishu, situated in the southeastern Banaadir province of Somalia.
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Omar Sharmarke is the son of the former second president and first prime minister of Somalia, Abdirashid Ali Shermarke, who was assassinated in 1969, and Rukiyo Mo'alim Daahir, the daughter of the well-known Somali Islamic scholar Mo'alim Dahir Ali Boss.
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Omar Sharmarke has worked in a diplomatic capacity for the United Nations in Sri Lanka 2006 and Sierra Leone, and served as a political advisor on the Darfur conflict in Sudan.
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On February 13,2009, then president of Somalia Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed nominated Omar Sharmarke to become prime minister at a meeting in Djibouti.
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In 2013, Omar Sharmarke helped establish the autonomous Interim Juba Administration in southern Somalia.
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In July 2014, Omar Sharmarke was appointed Somalia's new Ambassador to the United States.
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On 17 December 2014, Omar Sharmarke was reappointed Prime Minister of Somalia by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud.
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On 12 January 2015, Omar Sharmarke announced his new Federal Cabinet, consisting of 26 ministers, 25 deputy ministers, and 8 state ministers.
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On 17 January 2015, Prime Minister Omar Sharmarke dissolved his newly nominated cabinet due to vehement opposition by legislators, who rejected the reappointment of certain former ministers.
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On 27 January 2015, Omar Sharmarke appointed a new, smaller 20 minister Cabinet.
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In January 2015, Prime Minister Omar Sharmarke met with the United Arab Emirates Ambassador to Somalia Mohammed Ahmed Othman Al Hammadi at his Mogadishu office.
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In March 2015, Omar Sharmarke met with the Prime Minister of Ethiopia Hailemariam Desalegn at his office in Addis Ababa.
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In March 2015, Omar Sharmarke organized a two-day workshop for all of the federal government's ministries.
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In March 2015, Omar Sharmarke held bilateral talks in Doha with the Prime Minister of Qatar, Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani.
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Omar Sharmarke noted that diplomatic ties between both nations date to the independence period in the 1960s, and remarked on the remittances sent to Somalia by Somali expatriates as well as Sweden's traditional respect for other cultures and religions.
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In May 2015, Omar Sharmarke announced that his administration was developing a new nationwide taxation policy.