Abdul Bari Omar

{{Short description|Afghan acting Deputy Minister of Public Health}}

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| birth_place = Daudkhil Village of Pol-e Alam, Logar Province, Afghanistan

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| office = Deputy Minister of Public Health

| term_start = 21 September 2021

| term_end = 2022

| alongside = Mohammad Hassan Ghiasi

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| primeminister = Mohammad Hassan Akhund (acting)

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Abdul Bari Omar ({{langx|ps|عبدالباري عمر}}) is an Afghan physician who is serving as Acting Director, Food and Drug Administration.{{Cite news|url=https://pajhwok.com/ps/2022/03/14/new-officials-appointed-in-governament/|title = سرپرست حکومت په وزارتونو، ولایتونو او قول اردو ګانو کې نوې ټاکنې وکړې|date = 14 March 2022|last1 = کاکړ|first1 = جاويد هميم}} Omar has also served the acting Deputy Minister of Public Health of Afghanistan from 21 September 2021 to early 2022, alongside Mohammad Hassan Ghiasi.{{Cite web|url=https://8am.af/eng/the-taliban-announce-remaining-cabinet-members/|title=The Taliban Announce Remaining Cabinet Members|date=September 21, 2021|access-date=November 13, 2021|archive-date=November 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124145820/https://8am.af/eng/the-taliban-announce-remaining-cabinet-members/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/2321275/afghan-taliban-bring-new-faces-to-fill-cabinet-slots|title=Afghan Taliban bring new faces to fill cabinet slots|date=September 21, 2021|website=The Express Tribune}}

Early life

Abdul Bari Omar was born in 1987 in Daudkhil Village of Pol-e Alam, Logar Province, Afghanistan. He completed his primary and secondary education in his hometown before traveling abroad for medical education. He graduated from the Faculty of Therapeutics of Pajhwok University. He also received a postgraduate diploma in imaging and ultrasonography.{{Cite web|url=https://moph.gov.af/en/deputy-minister-health-service-provision|title=Deputy Minister of Health Service Provision | Ministry of Public Health}}

Performances in the Netherlands and Germany 2023

In November 2023, he took part in World Health Organization (WHO) conference in The Hague and later gave a lecture at the DITIB-Zentralmoschee Köln-Chorweiler in Cologne. At the WHO-conference sent a photo with Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport Ernst Kuipers. After the performance in Cologne, there were critical comments in the Netherlands and in Germany.tagesschau.de: [https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/innenpolitik/taliban-auftritt-102.html Wie der Taliban-Funktionär nach Deutschland kam]{{cite web|access-date=2023-11-18|date=2023-11-17|title=Staatskanzlei nicht informiert: Hoher Taliban-Funktionär spricht in Ditib-Moschee in Köln|url=https://www.ksta.de/koeln/chorweiler/koeln-chorweiler-afghanischer-kulturverein-hoher-taliban-funktionaer-war-zu-besuch-in-raeumen-der-chorweiler-ditib-moschee-685806|website=Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger}}{{citation|access-date=2023-11-17|date=2023-11-17|issn=2195-1349|periodical=Der Spiegel|title=Köln: Taliban-Funktionär tritt in Ditib-Räumlichkeiten auf|url=https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/koeln-taliban-funktionaer-tritt-in-ditib-raeumlichkeiten-auf-a-ecf50857-e3df-40dd-9d86-fb5651466cae}}

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