Mohamed Ben Omar, politician & teacher
Mohamed Ben Omar a Nigerien politician and teacher died on 3 May 2020 at National Hospital in Niamey at the age of 55.
Omar served as a government minister in several cabinets, most recently as Minister of Employment, Labor and Social Protection from April 2017 until his death on 2 May 2020. Omar also founded the Nigerien Social Democratic Party (PSD) in 2015.
Mohamed Ben Omar was born on 1 January 1965 in Tesker, Niger, located in the country's Zinder Region.
From 2000 to 2004, Omar was a professor of geography at the Lycée Franco-arabe LFA de Niamey.
From 2004 to 2007, he was a minister who was responsible for relations among higher-learning institutions. He served as Niger's Minister of Communication from 2007 to 2009, and was simultaneously a spokesperson for the govern...
