Ilhan Omar

CTL-E-6061 · Person · other · 1982–present

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Ilhan Omar, born 4 October 1982 in Mogadishu, Somalia, is a Somali-American politician who has represented Minnesota's 5th congressional district — Minneapolis and surrounding suburbs — in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2019. The youngest of seven children, she fled Somalia's civil war with her family at the age of eight, spent four years in a refugee camp in Kenya, and was granted asylum in the United States in 1995; the family settled in Minneapolis in 1997, and she became a U.S. citizen in 2000. She graduated from North Dakota State University in 2011 with degrees in political science and international studies, worked as a nutrition specialist and a Minneapolis City Council policy aide, and in 2016 was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives, the first Somali American to serve there. Elected to Congress in 2018, she became the first African refugee and one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress, and the first woman of color to represent Minnesota. Reelected in 2020, 2022 and 2024, she remained in the House in October 2026, seeking another term in the midterm elections.

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• Also known as: Ilhan Abdullahi Omar

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Sources

• Encyclopaedia Britannica, 'Ilhan Omar' (updated 15 Oct 2026) — born 4 October 1982, Mogadishu, Somalia; fled the Somali civil war to a Kenyan refugee camp, asylum in the U.S. in 1995, settled in Minneapolis 1997, U.S. citizen 2000; North Dakota State University 2011; Minnesota House 2017–2019; U.S. House from 2019 as the first African refugee and one of the first two Muslim women in Congress and the first woman of color to represent Minnesota; reelected 2024 — https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ilhan-Omar (primary source · build store)
• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 'OMAR, Ilhan' (entry as reproduced in legislative tracking records) — born in Mogadishu, Somalia, 4 October 1982; Edison High School, Minneapolis; B.A. and B.S., North Dakota State University, 2011; Minnesota House of Representatives 2017–2019; elected as a Democrat to the 116th Congress (3 January 2019–present) — https://trackbill.com/legislator/us-congress-representative-ilhan-omar/1054-18071/ (primary source · build store)
• Associated Press via DTN, 'Rep. Ilhan Omar's Phone Seized and Relatives Subpoenaed in Criminal Probe, AP Source Says' (15 Oct 2026) — Omar is the sitting Democratic representative for Minnesota's 5th District, first elected in 2018, seeking reelection in the November 2026 midterms, and publicly active in October 2026 (statement issued in response to a federal search of her Washington home on 12 Oct 2026; the underlying matter is an unadjudicated investigation and no finding is recorded in this record) — https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/world-policy/article/2026/10/15/rep-ilhan-omars-phone-seized-probe (build store)
• Wikipedia, 'Ilhan Omar' (accessed 2026-10-16) — full name Ilhan Abdullahi Omar; member of the U.S. House from Minnesota's 5th district since 3 January 2019, succeeding Keith Ellison; Minnesota House district 60B, 2017–2019; member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilhan_Omar (build store)

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