Omer Gamar-Eldin Ismail (Arabic: عمر قمر الدين إسماعيل) is the Prime Minister's Advisor for Global Partnerships and former Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs in Sudan.
After graduating from Khartoum University, he worked as research assistant to Dr. Mansour Khalid, former Sudanese Minister of Foreign Affairs.
[1] Returning to Washington, D.C., he helped found the Sudan Democratic Forum, a think tank of Sudanese intellectuals working for the advancement of democracy in Sudan, as well as co-founding the Darfur Peace and Development Organization to raise awareness about the crisis in his troubled region.
[2] Before joining the transitional Sudanese government, Ismail was a humanitarian worker and activist working to publicize conditions in Darfur.
[2] During his time as Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ismail met with Swiss officials in Bern and convinced them to donate CHF 1 million (USD $1.09 million) through the United Nations' Sudan Humanitarian Fund after the country was hit with violent floods and a three-month state of emergency was declared.