Liban Yusuf Osman ( Somali: Liibaan Yuusuf Cismaan,

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: ليبان يوسف عثمان ) is a Somali politician, who is currently serving as the Deputy Minister of Health Development. He formerly served as the Deputy and acting

Minister of Foreign Affairs A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a cabinet minister in charge of a state's foreign policy and relations. The formal title of the top official varies between cou ...

Somaliland Somaliland,; ar, صوماليلاند ', ' officially the Republic of Somaliland,, ar, جمهورية صوماليلاند, link=no ''Jumhūrīyat Ṣūmālīlānd'' is a ''de facto'' sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, still conside ...

. A year and have ago, Liban formerly served the same position of the Deputy Minister of Health Development of Somaliland. He also served as the deputy Minister of Public Works and Housing of Somaliland.

Political career

* On December 4, 2016, former president of the Republic of Somaliland

Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud "Silanyo" ( so, Axmed Maxamed Maxamuud Siilaanyo, ar, احمد محمد محمود سيلانيو) (born 1938) is a Somaliland politician who was President of Somaliland from 2010–2017. He is a long-time member of the go ...

appointed Liban as the Deputy Public Works and Housing Minister. * After the

2017 Somaliland presidential election Presidential elections were held in Somaliland on 13 November 2017, the third direct presidential election since 2003. General elections had been scheduled to be held in Somaliland on 27 March 2017 to elect both the President and House of Represe ...

, President

Muse Bihi Abdi Musa Bihi Abdi ( so, Muuse Biixi Cabdi, ar, موسى بيحي عبدي) (born 1948 in Hargeisa, British Somaliland, now Somaliland) is a Somaliland politician and former military officer who has been President of Somaliland since December 2017. ...

appointed Liban as the Deputy

of Somaliland. * In a mini cabinet reshuffle on March 30, 2019, president

transferred Liban to Deputy

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of Somaliland post. * Liban was appointed for the current post as the deputy

by president

after a major cabinet reshuffle in December 2019. * In March 2021, Liban assumed the acting

of Somaliland role after former foreign minister Yasin Haji Mohamoud Hiir Faratoon tendered his resignation to President Muse Bihi Abdi to run for parliament in May 2021 elections.

Early life and education

Liban was born and raised in

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. He completed his Primary and High School formal education in Hargeisa,

. Liban graduated from the

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were he studied

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in Economics and

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in Project Management. Prior public career, Liban worked at

Somaliland Beverage Industries Somaliland Beverage Industries abbreviated as SBI is a beverage corporation headquartered in Hargeisa, capital of Somaliland. Founded in 2010 by Ahmed Osman Guelleh, a local businessman. Based on the revenue, SBI is the largest beverage business ...

(SBI) as a Sales and Marketing Manager. He also worked as Operational Manager at Lumatron Qatar W.L.L in Doha, Qatar.

References

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Political career

Early life and education

See also

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