Mohammad Omar (Afghan governor)
Afghan governor
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Mohammad Omar Sulaimani (Pashto: انجنير محمد عمر) (died October 8, 2010) was the Governor of Kunduz Province, Afghanistan from 2004 until he was assassinated in October 2010.
Mohammad Omar Sulaimani | |
|---|---|
| انجنير محمد عمر | |
Mohammad Omar Sulaimani on 5 October 2010 | |
| Governor of Kunduz, Afghanistan | |
| In office 2004–2010 | |
| Preceded by | Abdul Latif Ibrahimi |
| Succeeded by | Muhammad Anwar Jigdaleg |
| Governor of Baghlan | |
| In office 2001–2003 | |
| Preceded by | Norullah Noori |
| Succeeded by | ? |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Baharak district, Takhar Province, Afghanistan |
| Died | October 8, 2010 |
Early life
He was an ethnic Andar Pashtun from the Baharak district of Afghanistan.[1] He was the son of Mohammad Anwar Khan.[2] Omar completed two years of a four-year engineering program at Polytechnical University of Kabul.[1] He stopped his education due the Soviet–Afghan War and the intervention of the Soviet Red Army.[2]
Political career
Mohammad Omar Sulaimani served as the mayor of Taloqan from 1991 to 1992.[1] During the civil war, he was a member of Islamic Dawah Organisation of Afghanistan.[3] Soon after the fall of Taliban government, Omar was appointed as the governor of Baghlan Province where he served from 2001 to 2003.[1]
He then served as Governor of Kunduz Province starting in 2004.[1] In April 2009 it was reported that German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier had urged Interior Minister Hanif Atmar to dismiss Omar over allegations of corruption and inefficiency.[4]
Death
Omar was killed on 8 October 2010 when a bomb exploded at the Shirkat mosque in Taloqan, in neighboring Takhar Province where he was present for Friday prayers.[5] 19 people were killed from the bomb, also 35 were injured.[5][6] He had reportedly prior warned that the Taliban and Al-Qaeda were expanding in Kunduz and called for more security reinforcements from the government.[7]
Political affiliation
Omar was formerly affiliated with Abdul Rasul Sayyaf's Islamic Dawah Organisation of Afghanistan, until the time of his death.[3] He was known to be close to President Hamid Karzai.[8]
