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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]
Retired to run successfully for Minnesota Attorney General. [1] André Carson: Democratic: IN-07: March 11, 2008: Incumbent 16 years, 327 days Raised Baptist, converted to Islam as a teenager. [5] Ilhan Omar: Democratic: MN-05: January 3, 2019: Incumbent 6 years, 29 days First of two Muslim women in Congress. First Muslim to succeed another Muslim.
The district is represented by Ilhan Omar, who is the first Somali–American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives, and the first woman of color to represent Minnesota in that chamber. Omar, also an American Muslim, succeeded Keith Ellison, the first American Muslim to serve in Congress, after he was elected Minnesota Attorney General.
The U.S. Capitol Police and the House Sergeant at Arms briefed Omar and other progressive lawmakers critical of Israel — including the only other Muslim woman in Congress, Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D ...
Ilhan Omar, State Rep. and DFL-endorsed candidate for congress, and Erin Murphy, State Rep. and DFL-endorsed candidate for Minnesota Governor, discuss the rise of anti-Muslim sentiment in ...
Along with fellow Democrat Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Tlaib is one of the first two Muslim women to serve in Congress. [4] [38] [24] She took the congressional oath of office on January 3, 2019, swearing in on an English-language translation of the Quran. [39] [40] She wore a thawb (thobe), a traditional embroidered Arab dress, to the swearing-in ...
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Tlaib and Omar were also the first Muslim women in Congress. [3] The U.S. House of Representatives currently has five Arab-American members. The first Assyrian American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives was Adam Benjamin in 1977, [4] and the first Persian-American U.S. representative was Stephanie Bice in 2021. [5]