Ilhan Omar

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ilhan Omar
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Oct 4, 1982(1982-10-04)
Age	42
Birthplace	Somalia
Country	Somalia
Horoscope	Libra

Ilhan Omar Biography

Ilhan Omar is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on October 4, 1982 in Somalia, Somalia. Politician who became one of the US’ first Muslim women elected to the US House of Representatives with her win in the 2018 midterm elections. She was also the first ever Muslim refugee elected to Congress, and Minnesota’s first non-white woman representative.

She was photographed by Annie Leibovitz for Vogue Magazine’s February 2018 feature “5 Families Who Are Changing The World as We Know It.”

Ilhan Abdullahi Omar (born October 4, 1982) is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Minnesota’s 5th congressional district since

2019. The district includes all of Minneapolis and some of its suburbs.

After first arriving in New York in 1992, Omar’s family secured asylum in the U.S. in 1995 and lived for a time in Arlington, Virginia, before moving to and settling in Minneapolis, where her father worked first as a taxi driver and later for the post office. Her father and grandfather emphasized the importance of democracy during her upbringing, and at age 14 she accompanied her grandfather to caucus meetings, serving as his interpreter. She has spoken about school bullying she endured during her time in Virginia, stimulated by her distinctive Somali appearance and wearing of the hijab. She recalls gum being pressed into her hijab, being pushed down stairs, and physical taunts while she was changing for gym class. Omar remembers her father’s reaction to these incidents: “They are doing something to you because they feel threatened in some way by your existence.” Omar became a U.S. citizen in 2000 when she was 17 years old.

She is the youngest of seven children. She and her husband Ahmed share three children.

Ilhan Omar Net Worth

Ilhan Omar is one of the richest Politician from Somalia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ilhan Omar 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She fled Somalia with her family following the outbreak of the country’s civil war in 1991. She later earned her bachelor’s degree in international studies and political science from North Dakota State University.

She was elected as a Democratic-Farmer-Labor member to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2016, and became the first ever Somali-American legislator in US history. She was named as part of Time Magazine’s list of “Firsts: Women who are changing the world” in 2017.

Omar was born in Mogadishu, Somalia on October 4, 1982, and spent her early years in Baidoa, Somalia. She was the youngest of seven siblings, including sister Sahra Noor. Her father, Nur Omar Mohamed, an ethnic Somali from the Majeerteen clan of Northeastern Somalia, worked as a teacher trainer. Her mother, Fadhuma Abukar Haji Hussein, a Benadiri (a community of partial Yemeni descent), died when Ilhan was two. She was raised by her father and grandfather, who were moderate Sunni Muslims opposed to the rigid Wahhabi interpretation of Islam. Her grandfather Abukar was the director of Somalia’s National Marine Transport, and some of Omar’s uncles and aunts also worked as civil servants and educators. She and her family fled Somalia to escape the war and spent four years in a Dadaab refugee camp in Garissa County, Kenya, near the Somali border.

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Who is Ilhan Omar Dating?

According to our records, Ilhan Omar married to Tim Mynett , Ahmed Hirsi , Ahmed Nur Said Elmi. As of December 1, 2023, Ilhan Omar’s is not dating anyone.

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In 2013, Omar managed Andrew Johnson’s campaign for Minneapolis City Council. After Johnson was elected, she served as his Senior Policy Aide from 2013 to

2015. During a contentious precinct caucus that turned violent in February 2014, she was attacked by five people and was injured. According to MinnPost, the day before the caucus, Minneapolis city council member Abdi Warsame had told Johnson to warn Omar not to attend the meeting.

Facts & Trivia

Ilhan Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Somalia. Ilhan Omar celebrates birthday on October 4 of every year.

Omar received the 2015 Community Leadership Award from Mshale, an African immigrant media outlet based in Minneapolis. The prize is awarded annually on a readership basis.