Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke (2009)

Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke is a Somali-Canadian diplomat and politician who served his first term as Prime Minister of Somalia from 14 February 2009 to 21 September 2010 under President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed. Born on 18 June 1960 in Mogadishu, he is the son of former Somali President and Prime Minister Abdirashid Ali Shermarke. He would later return to the office for a second term from 2014 to 2017.