Mohamed Omar Arte
محمد عمر عرتي
Deputy prime minister of Somalia
In office
27 January 2015 – 29 March 2017
PresidentHassan Sheikh Mohamud
Prime MinisterOmar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke
Preceded byRidwan Hirsi Mohamed
Succeeded byMahdi Mohammed Gulaid
Minister of Labor
In office
27 January 2015 – 6 February 2015
PresidentHassan Sheikh Mohamud
Prime MinisterOmar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke
Preceded byMohamed Omar Eymoy
Succeeded byAbdiweli Ibrahim Ali Sheikh Muudey
Minister of Youth and Sports
In office
27 January 2015 – 6 February 2015
PresidentHassan Sheikh Mohamud
Prime MinisterOmar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke
Preceded byDuale Adan Mohamed
Succeeded byMohamed Abdullahi Hassan Noah
Personal details
BornSomalia
Political partyIndependent

Mohamed Omar Arte (Somali: Maxamed Cumar Carte, Arabic: محمد عمر عرتي) is a Somali politician. He is the former Vice President of Somalia.

Personal life

Arte hails from the Sa'ad Musa sub-division of the Habr Awal Isaaq clan.[1] He is the son of former Prime Minister of Somalia Umar Arteh Ghalib.

Vice President of Somalia

Appointment

On 12 January 2015, Arte was appointed Deputy Prime Minister by Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke.[2] On the 17 January 2015, Prime Minister Sharmarke dissolved his newly nominated cabinet due to vehement opposition by legislators, who rejected the reappointment of certain former ministers.[3] On 27 January 2015, Sharmarke appointed a new, smaller 20 minister Cabinet of which Mohamed Omar Arte was again named Vice President of Somalia of Somalia.[1] This time, he was concurrently named Minister of Labor, Youth and Sports.[1] On 6 February, Sharmarke finalized his cabinet, consisting of 26 ministers, 14 state ministers, and 26 deputy ministers of which Mohamed Omar Arte now held the sole post of Vice President of Somalia .[4] He has now been succeeded by Mahdi Ahmed Guled.[5]

Anti-terrorism law

In May 2015, Vice President of Somalia Arte chaired a Federal Cabinet meeting, his first since being lightly wounded during an Al-Shabaab attack on the Central Hotel in Mogadishu in February of the year. The Council of Ministers therein passed an anti-terrorism law. The bill had earlier been approved by the federal ministers, but was subsequently repealed by lawmakers who called for amendments to the legislation. It is part of the government's broader strategy against Al-Shabaab and other anti-peace elements. The law aims to strengthen national security by more effectively countering radicalization and rooting out extremism. It is now slated to be put before parliament for deliberation.[6][7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Nominated Ministers and Their Clans". Goobjoog. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Prime minister Omar announced his cabinet". Goobjoog news. January 12, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Somali PM dissolves new cabinet". Xinhua. 17 January 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Prime minister Omar announces 66 cabinet members". Goobjoog. 6 February 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "PM Khaire announces 27 member cabinet". Hiiraan Online. March 21, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Somalia cabinet approves counter-terrorism bill". Garowe Online. 14 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "Somali Cabinet Approves Anti-terrorism Bill". Goobjoog. 14 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
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