Mohammad Omar (Afghan governor)

Engineer Mohammad Omar انجنير محمد عمر
Governor of Kunduz, Afghanistan
In office 2004–2010
Preceded by	Abdul Latif Ibrahimi
Succeeded by	Hamdullah Danishi
Governor of Baghlan
In office 2001–2003
Preceded by	Norullah Noori
Succeeded by	?
Personal details
Born	Baharak, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
Died	October 8, 2010 Taloqan, Takhar province, Afghanistan
Religion	Islam

Engineer Mohammad Omar (Pashto: انجنير محمد عمر) (died October 8, 2010) was the Governor of Kunduz Province, Afghanistan. He was an ethnic Andar Pashtun from Baharak District of Afghanistan.

Omar completed two years of a four years engineering program at Polytechnical University of Kabul.

Political life

Mohammad Omar served as the mayor of Taloqan from 1991 to 1992. During the civil war, he was a member of Islamic Dawah Organisation of Afghanistan for a short period of time.^[1] Soon after the fall of Taliban, Omar was appointed as the governor of Baghlan Province where he served from 2001 to 2003.

He then served as Governor of Kunduz Province from 2004 until he was assassinated on October 8, 2010 when a bomb exploded at the Shirkat mosque in Taloqan, in neighboring Takhar province. 19 people were killed from the bomb, also 35 were injured.^[2][3]

Political affiliation

Omar was formerly affiliated with Abdul Rasul Sayyaf's Islamic Dawah Organisation of Afghanistan, however, he later became a member of the Afghan Mellat Party until the time of his death.^[1] He was a man with good manners.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Kunduz Provincial Profile." NPS.com. Program for Culture and Conflict Studies at NPS, 15 Sept. 2009. Web. 30 Nov. 2009. <Program for Culture and Conflict Studies at NPS>. [1]
2. ^ "Afghan governor Omar dies in mosque bombing". BNO News. http://wireupdate.com/wires/11051/afghan-governor-omar-dies-in-mosque-bombing/. Retrieved 8 October 2010. 
3. ^ "Head of Afghanistan's Kunduz province 'killed in blast'". BBC. 8 October 2010. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11499588. Retrieved 8 October 2010. 

Preceded by Abdul Latif Ibrahimi	Governor of Kunduz, Afghanistan 2004–2010	Succeeded by To be announced
Preceded by Norullah Noori	Governor of Baghlan 2001–2003	Succeeded by ?

Persondata
Name	Omar, Mohammad
Alternative names
Short description	Governor of Kunduz, Afghanistan
Date of birth
Place of birth	Baharak, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
Date of death	October 8, 2010
Place of death	Taloqan, Takhar province, Afghanistan

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