# Omer Ismail

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**Omer Gamar-Eldin Ismail** (Arabic: عمر قمر الدين إسماعيل) is the Prime Minister's Advisor for Global Partnerships and former [Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs](/source/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Sudan)) in [Sudan](/source/Sudan). He took on this position in the Cabinet reshuffle of July 2020.

## Early life and education

Omer was born in the [Darfur](/source/Darfur) region of Sudan. After graduating from [Khartoum University](/source/Khartoum_University), he worked as research assistant to Dr. [Mansour Khalid](/source/Mansour_Khalid), former Sudanese Minister of Foreign Affairs.

## Career

After fleeing Sudan, he worked for the United Nations in Somalia between 1992 and 1994.[1] Returning to [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington,_D.C.), he helped found the Sudan Democratic Forum, a think tank of Sudanese intellectuals working for the advancement of democracy in [Sudan](/source/Sudan), as well as co-founding the [Darfur Peace and Development Organization](/source/Darfur_Peace_and_Development_Organization) to raise awareness about the crisis in his troubled region.[2]

Before joining the transitional [Sudanese government](/source/Government_of_Sudan), Ismail was a humanitarian worker and activist working to publicize [conditions in Darfur](/source/War_in_Darfur). He was forced to flee [Sudan](/source/Sudan) in 1989 after the [National Islamic Front](/source/National_Islamic_Front) took power in 1989. He subsequently worked for the [United Nations](/source/United_Nations), and was a policy fellow in the [Carr Centre for Human Rights Policy](/source/Carr_Centre_for_Human_Rights_Policy) at [Harvard Kennedy School](/source/Harvard_Kennedy_School) at [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University) from 2006 to 2007.[2] He would also earn a MPA from Harvard.[3]

## Humanitarian Activity

During his time as Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ismail met with Swiss officials in [Bern](/source/Bern) and convinced them to donate CHF 1 million (USD $1.09 million) through the [United Nations](/source/United_Nations)' Sudan Humanitarian Fund after the country was hit with violent floods and a three-month state of emergency was declared.[4]

## References

1. [Brief biography on the MIT website](http://web.mit.edu/utr/www/sudan/omer_bio.txt) (accessed 28 October 2010)

1. ["Past Carr Center Fellows"](http://www.hks.harvard.edu/cchrp/aboutus/pastfellows.php)

1. [https://sudannextgen.com/members/omar-gamar/](https://sudannextgen.com/members/omar-gamar/)

1. swissinfo.ch/ac. ["Switzerland commits CHF1 million to Sudan towards flood recovery"](https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/switzerland-commits-chf1-million-to-sudan-towards-flood-recovery/46087710). *SWI swissinfo.ch*. Retrieved 2021-12-12.

## External links

- [Eyewitness Testimony - Omer Ismail](http://www.ushmm.org/genocide/take_action/gallery/portrait/ismail), U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
- ["A political settlement for Darfur: A practical roadmap"](http://www.enoughproject.org/publications/political-settlement-darfur-practical-roadmap), by Omer Ismail, Colin Thomas-Jensen, Maggie Fick and John Prendergast. The Enough Project website

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