Ahmed Nur Said Elmi

Since 2019, Ilhan Abdullahi Omar has served as the congressional representative for Minnesota’s 5th congressional district. Omar was born and reared in Baidoa, Somalia, on October 4, 1982. She and her younger sister, Sahra Noor, were the youngest of seven siblings. Nur Omar Mohamed, her father, served as a colonel in the Somali army under…