Omar, Dullah

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Abdullah Mohamed Omar

South African human rights lawyer and politician (b. May 26, 1934, Observatory, S.Af.—d. March 13, 2004, Cape Town, S.Af.), was an antiapartheid activist who became minister of justice (1994–99) in Pres. Nelson Mandela's postapartheid administration. During his tenure Omar was responsible for dismantling the legal structure of apartheid, setting up the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and overhauling the judiciary. Omar set up his own law practice in 1960 because, owing to his racial classification as “Coloured,” he could not get a position in an established firm. He defended victims of apartheid in political trials and affiliated himself with the banned Pan-Africanist Congress, the Unity Movement, and, from 1983, the United Democratic Front. His passport was revoked; he was frequently arrested; and his movements were restricted by the government. After the end of apartheid, however, Omar joined the new government. In 1999 he was given the transportation portfolio under Mandela's successor, Pres. Thabo Mbeki.

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