Abdullahi Ali Omar

General Abdullahi Ali Omar (, ), a.k.a. "Daad", is a Somali military official. He previously served as Somalia's Chief of Army.
Biography.
Omar hails from the town of Galkayo, situated in the north-central Mudug region of Somalia.
In his younger years, he studied at Jamal Abdel Nasser High School in Mogadishu before joining the army. He is from Meheri clan
Omar later served as Chief of Staff of the armed forces in Puntland. On 10 February 2007, he was appointed Chief of Army of the Transitional Federal Government. He held the position until 21 July 2007, when he was replaced with Salah Hassan Jama and reassigned to a post in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.