Ilhan Omar, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Ilhan Omar

American politician from Minnesota

Date of Birth: 04-Oct-1981

Place of Birth: Mogadishu, Somalia

Profession: politician, civil servant, activist, policy advisor, political staffer

Nationality: United States, Somalia

Zodiac Sign: Libra

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About Ilhan Omar

  • 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. Omar was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2016 on the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party line.
  • In 2018, she was elected to the U.S.
  • House of Representatives, marking a number of historic electoral firsts: she is the first Somali-American, the first naturalized citizen from Africa, and the first non-white woman elected from Minnesota, and one of the first two Muslim women (along with Rashida Tlaib of Michigan) to serve in Congress.Omar is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and has advocated for a living wage, affordable housing and universal healthcare, student loan debt forgiveness, the protection of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, and abolishing U.S.
  • Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
  • She has strongly opposed the immigration policies of the Trump administration, including the Trump travel ban.
  • She has been the subject of several death threats, conspiracy theories, and other harassment by political opponents. A frequent critic of Israel, Omar has denounced its settlement policy and military campaigns in the occupied Palestinian territories, and what she describes as the influence of pro-Israel lobbies.

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