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Ilhan Abdullahi Omar (born October 4, 1982) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Minnesota's 5th congressional district since 2019. She is a member of the Democratic Party. [6] Before her election to Congress, Omar served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2017 to 2019, representing part of Minneapolis.
Ilhan Omar: Democratic: MN-05: January 3, 2019: Incumbent 6 years, 51 days First of two Muslim women in Congress. First Muslim to succeed another Muslim. Born to a Muslim family in Somalia and immigrated as a refugee to the United States in 1995. [6] Rashida Tlaib: Democratic: MI-13: January 3, 2019: Incumbent 6 years, 51 days First of two ...
[1] [2] On November 6, 2018, four additional Arab Americans, all of whom are female, were elected to the U.S. House of Representatives: Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, Ilhan Omar, Donna Shalala and Rashida Tlaib. Tlaib and Omar were also the first Muslim women in Congress. [3] The U.S. House of Representatives currently has five Arab-American members.
Rep. Ilhan Omar, 40, the U.S. Representative from Minnesota’s 5th congressional district, ... Along with Rep. Rashida Tlaib, she is one of the first two Muslim women ever elected to Congress ...
House Republicans accuse Omar of antisemitism in past while she claims their attempts to remove her are racist Ilhan Omar vote - live: Squad member ousted from Foreign Affairs panel despite AOC ...
Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, one of the progressive House members known as the “Squad” and a sharp critic of how Israel has conducted the war in Gaza, is trying to avoid the fate of two of ...
On January 3, 2019, Ilhan Omar, Ellison's successor as representative from Minnesota, and Rashida Tlaib, the newly elected representative from Michigan, were both sworn into Congress using copies of the Qur'an. Tlaib used a copy given to her by a close friend, while Omar used a copy originally owned by her grandfather. [27] [28]
Ilhan Omar, Somali-American and a former refugee, beat a 22-term incumbent to win her primary for Minnesota state representative. Ilhan Omar likely to be first Somali-American Muslim woman in ...