Who is Ilhan Omar? Net Worth, Age, Height, Political Journey
Rep. Omar and her family fled the country's civil war when she was eight. Before coming to the United States in the 1990s, the family spent four years in a refugee camp in Kenya.
Ilhan Abdullahi Omar is an American politician and Congresswoman. She is serving as the US representative for Minnesota's 5th congressional district since 2019. Omar is a refugee born in Somalia.
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Omar as Refugee
Ilhan Omar Political Journey
Omar was elected as Minnesota House representative for District 60B in 2016. In this role, she served as assistant minority leader and was assigned to three house committees: Civil Law & Data Practices Policy; Higher Education & Career Readiness Policy and Finance; and State Government Finance.
She was elected to represent Minnesota’s fifth congressional district in the US House of Representatives in January 2019.
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