Liban Yusuf Osman Explained

Liban Yusuf Osman ليبان يوسف عثمان
Term Start3:	April 2019
Term Start2:	December 2019
Term Start1:	2 September 2021
Term End3:	December 2019
Term End2:	September 2021
President3:	Muse Bihi Abdi
Predecessor4:	Abdi Mohamed Hirad
Office4:	Deputy Minister of Public Works and Housing
Residence:	Hargeisa, Somaliland
Office2:	Deputy and Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs
Term Start4:	January 2016
Term End4:	December 2017
Term Start5:	January 2016
Term End5:	December 2016
President5:	Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud
Birth Place:	Hargeisa, Somali Democratic Republic (now Somaliland)
President1:	Muse Bihi Abdi
Predecessor3:	Abdikadir Omar Jama
President4:	Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud
Office1:	Deputy Minister of Health Development
Party:	Peace, Unity, and Development Party
Alma Mater:	University of Hargeisa
President2:	Muse Bihi Abdi
Predecessor2:	Abdinasir Omer Jama

Liban Yusuf Osman (Somali: Liibaan Yuusuf Cismaan, Arabic: 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 of Somaliland. A year and have ago, Liban formerly served the same position of the Deputy Minister of Health Development of Somaliland.^[1] He also served as the deputy Minister of Public Works and Housing of Somaliland.^[2]

Political career

• On December 4, 2016, former president of the Republic of Somaliland Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud appointed Liban as the Deputy Public Works and Housing Minister.
• After the 2017 Somaliland presidential election, President Muse Bihi Abdi appointed Liban as the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Somaliland.^{[3] [4]}
• In a mini cabinet reshuffle on March 30, 2019, president Muse Bihi Abdi transferred Liban to Deputy Health Minister of Somaliland post.
• Liban was appointed for the current post as the deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs by president Muse Bihi Abdi after a major cabinet reshuffle in December 2019.^{[5] [6]}
• In March 2021, Liban assumed the acting Minister of Foreign Affairs 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.^{[7] [8]}

Early life and education

Liban was born and raised in Hargeisa. He completed his Primary and High School formal education in Hargeisa, Somaliland. Liban graduated from the University of Hargeisa where he studied Bachelor's Degree in Economics and Master's Degree in Project Management. Prior public career, Liban worked at Somaliland Beverage Industries (SBI) as a Sales and Marketing Manager. He also worked as Operational Manager at Lumatron Qatar W.L.L in Doha, Qatar.

See also

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Somaliland)
• Ministry of Public Works and Housing (Somaliland)
• Ministry of Health (Somaliland)
• List of Somaliland politicians
• Politics of Somaliland
• Republic of Somaliland Representative Office in Taiwan

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2019-03-30. Somaliland President Appoints Senior Officials, Sacks Others. 2021-07-23. Horn Diplomat. en-US.
2. Web site: Somaliland Sun. 2016-12-04. Somaliland: New Faces Join Cabinet as others Exit in a Major Government Reshuffle. 2021-07-23. Somaliland Sun. en-GB.
3. Web site: Somaliland Sun. 2017-12-14. Somaliland: 4 Ministers Retained as President Muse Behi Names Cabinet. 2021-07-23. Somaliland Sun. en-GB.
4. Web site: UNPO: Somaliland: Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Speaks About Relations with Taiwan. 2021-07-23. unpo.org.
5. Web site: 2019-12-01. Somaliland President Makes Major Cabinet Changes. 2021-07-23. Horn Diplomat. en-US.
6. Web site: Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation, Republic of Somaliland & International Cooperation. 2021-07-23. en-US.
7. Web site: Staff. 2021-03-03. Minister of Foreign Affairs has Resigned to Campaign for a Parliamentary Seat. 2021-07-23. Somaliland Chronicle. en-US.
8. Web site: Addisstandard. 2021-06-08. In Depth Analysis: On the actors, the electoral promises and dynamics of Somaliland's fledgling democratic experiment. 2021-07-23. Addis Standard. en-US.