Umar Arteh Ghalib or Omer Carte Qalib (b. 1930) is a prominent Somali

Somali people

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 politician and a former Prime Minister of Somalia

Somalia

Somalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory...

 from January 24, 1991 to May 1993.

Biography

Ghalib was born in Somalia in 1930. He is a member of the Isaaq

Isaaq

The Isaaq is one of the main Somali clans. Members of the clan principally live in the northwestern Somaliland region of Somalia, and the Somali Region of Ethiopia. The populations of five major cities of Somaliland – Hargeisa, Burco, Berbera, Ceerigaabo and Gabiley – are predominantly Isaaq...

 clan

Somali clan

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, and belonged to the United Somali Congress

United Somali Congress

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.

From 1969 - 1977, Ghalib served as Foreign Minister. As Foreign Minister, in January he was President

President of the United Nations Security Council

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 of the United Nations Security Council

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. On 24 January 1991, he was appointed by then President of Somalia Siad Barre

Siad Barre

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 as the last Prime Minister of Somalia

Prime Minister of Somalia

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 under the latter's regime.

After Barre's ouster, the next president, Ali Mahdi Muhammad

Ali Mahdi Muhammad

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, reappointed Ghalib as prime minister, a position Ghalib would hold until May 1993.