Yusuf Garaad Omar

Yusuf Garaad Omar
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
29 March 2017  4 January 2018
PresidentMohamed Abdullahi Mohamed
Prime MinisterHassan Ali Khaire
Preceded byAbdusalam H. Omer
Succeeded byAhmed Isse Awad
Ambassador of Somalia to the United Nations
Assumed office
November 2016
Preceded byElmi Ahmed Duale
Personal details
Born (1960-06-26) 26 June 1960
Mogadishu, Trust Territory of Somalia
Alma materSomali National University
University of Siena
OccupationDiplomat

Yusuf Garaad Omar (Somali: Yuusuf Garaad Cumar, Arabic: يوسف جراد عمر) (born 26 June 1960 in Mogadishu) is a Somali journalist, diplomat and politician. He previously served as Somalia ambassador to the United Nations and was a senior advisor to President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. He was the Somali Minister of Foreign Affairs from March 2017 until he was fired by then Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire in January 2018.