[2] Mohamed Ben Omar was born on 1 January 1965 in Tesker, Niger, located in the country's Zinder Region.
[1][6] Most recently, Omar served as Minister of Employment, Labor and Social Protection from 27 April 2017 until his death on 3 May 2020.
[7] Additionally, Mohamed Ben Omar served President of the Nigerien Social Democratic Party (PSD), which he founded in 2015.
[3][8] On 5 May 2020, Télé Sahel, the national television broadcaster of Niger, announced that Mohamed Ben Omar had died as a result of COVID-19.
[10] Omar died shortly after the death of another prominent Nigerien politician from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Niger, Mahamane Jean Padonou, a 2016 presidential candidate who became a special advisor to President Mahamadou Issoufou.