Background
ARTEH, Omar was born in 1930 in Hargeisa. Son of the late Arteh Ghalib and Sahra Sheikh Hassan.
ARTEH, Omar was born in 1930 in Hargeisa. Son of the late Arteh Ghalib and Sahra Sheikh Hassan.
Saint Paul’s College, Cheltenham, United Kingdom and University of Bristol.
Teacher 1946-1949; Headmaster, various elementary schools 1949-1954. Vice-Principal, Intermediate School, Sheikh, Somalia 1954-1956. Principal, Intermediate School, Gabileh 1958.
Officer in charge of Adult Education 1959.
District Commander in Public Administration 1960-1961. First Secretary Somali Embassy, Moscow 1961-1962.
Rapporteur, Special Committee on South-West Africa, United Nations 1962-1963. Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Somalia at United Nations 1964.
Ambassador to Ethiopia 1965-1968.
Minister of Culture and Higher Education 197678, in the President' General’ s Office 1978-1980.
Somali National Assembly 1969. Committee Social and Political Thought since 1976.
Married Shakri Jirdeh Hussein 1954.