Mohammed Awale Liban

Mohammed Awale Liban
محمد عوالي ليبان
Chief of Staff to the President of Somalia
In office
1960–1967
PresidentAden Abdulle Osman
Director General of Personnel
In office
1967–1969
PresidentAbdirashid Ali Sharmarke
Personal details
Born1919
DiedJune 5, 2001
PartySomali Youth League
OccupationScholar
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Hagi Mohammed Awale Liban (Somali: Maxamed Cawaale Liibaan, Arabic: محمد عوالي ليبان) was a Somali scholar. He is noted for having designed the flag of Somalia in 1954. Liban also later served as the Chief of Cabinet of the Presidency in the nascent Somali Republic during the Aden Adde administration. Under President Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, he was director general of personnel, that is, the head of the civil service. He retired after the military coup and, in 1991, emigrated to Canada.