Mohammed Awale Liban

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Mohammed Awale Liban محمد اوال ليبان
Born	Galkayo, Somalia
Nationality	Somalian
Ethnicity	Somali
Occupation	scholar

Hagi Mohammed Awale Liban (Somali: Maxamed Cawaale Liibaan, Arabic: محمداوال ليبان ‎) was a Somali scholar. He is noted for having designed the flag of Somalia in 1954.^[1]^[2] Liban also later served as the Chief of Cabinet of the Presidency in the nascent Somali Republic.^[3]

References

↑ History of the flag
↑ Maria Costantino, The Illustrated Flag Handbook, (Gramercy Books: 2001), p.185.
↑ Peking Review (1965). "Keep Up Efforts for Success of 2nd African-Asian Conference". Peking Review 8: cvi. Retrieved 2 November 2012.

Persondata
Name	Liban, Mohammed Awale
Alternative names
Short description	Somali scholar; designer of the Flag of Somalia
Date of birth
Place of birth	Somalia
Date of death
Place of death

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