Omar Lamin i Abeidi is a Spanish social worker[1] and politician of Sahrawi origin. He is a member of the Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands. He is the first person of immigrant background to become a member of the Parliament of the Balearic Islands and the first Sahrawi-Spaniard to become a member of a regional parliament in Spain. He was elected in the 2023 Balearic regional election.
Omar Lamin | |
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| Member of the Parliament of the Balearic Islands | |
| Assumed office 20 June 2023 | |
| Constituency | Mallorca |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1988 or 1989 (age 35–36) Sahrawi refugee camps, Tindouf, Algeria |
| Nationality | |
| Political party | Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands |
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Early life
editOmar Lamin was born in the Sahrawi refugee camps located in Tindouf, Algeria. He first came to the Balearic Islands at the age of seven to stay with a foster family as part of the "Summers in Peace" (Spanish: Vacaciones en Paz) project. He has lived in Palma de Mallorca since 1999.[2]
Political career
editOmar joined the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) due to growing up in a family "with a socialist tradition". As a member of PSOE, he supported the "Socialists for the Sahara" initiative against the Spanish government's decision to support the Moroccan autonomy plan for Western Sahara.[3] He is considered to have the support of the regional leader of PSOE's Balearic branch, Francina Armengol.[4]
He was named Island Director of Community Care and Strategic Projects of the Mallorcan Institute of Social Affairs on 27 February 2021.[1] He renounced to stabilize his temporary position in March 2023.[5]
He was elected as a member of the Parliament of the Balearic Islands after the 2023 Balearic regional election, the first Sahrawi-Spaniard to be elected to a regional parliament in Spain. He works on the "just struggle of the Sahrawi people and so that all the people who have been forced to flee can return home".[2][6]
References
edit- ^ a b "Omar Lamin, nombrado nuevo director insular de Atención Comunitaria y Proyectos Estratégicos" [Omar Lamin, appointed new island director of Community Care and Strategic Projects]. Europa Press (in Spanish). 27 February 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ a b Muñoz, Miguel (20 June 2023). "Omar Lamin (PSOE), primer diputado saharaui en un parlamento español: "Prometo por la justa lucha de mi pueblo"" [Omar Lamin (PSOE), first Sahrawi deputy in a Spanish parliament: "I promise for the just struggle of my people"]. Público (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ Muñoz, Miguel (16 March 2023). "Así piensan los saharauis militantes del PSOE Aman y Omar sobre el giro del Gobierno" [This is how the militant Sahrawis of the PSOE Aman and Omar think about the turn of the Government]. Público (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ Porcel, Guillem (21 June 2023). "El primer diputado saharaui de la historia, un discurso "en mallorquí" y las cenizas de Podemos y El Pi" [The first Saharawi deputy in history, a speech "in Mallorcan" and the ashes of Podemos and El Pi]. Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ "Dos directores insulares renuncian a estabilizar sus plazas de interinos en el IMAS" [Two island directors renounce to stabilize their temporary positions in the IMAS]. Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish). 22 March 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ Carrión, Francisco (21 June 2023). "Omar, el socialista balear que prometió como diputado en nombre de "la justa causa saharaui"" [Omar, the Balearic socialist who promised as a deputy in the name of "the just Sahrawi cause"]. El Independiente (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 July 2023.
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