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Liban Yusuf Osman
ليبان يوسف عثمان
Liban Yusuf Osman ; ليبان يوسف عثمان
Deputy Minister of Health Development
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2 September 2021
President	Muse Bihi Abdi
Deputy and Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs
	In office; December 2019 – September 2021
President	Muse Bihi Abdi
Preceded by	Abdinasir Omer Jama
Deputy Minister of Health Development
	In office; April 2019 – December 2019
President	Muse Bihi Abdi
Preceded by	Abdikadir Omar Jama
Deputy Minister of Public Works and Housing
	In office; January 2016 – December 2017
President	Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud
Preceded by	Abdi Mohamed Hirad
Director of Land & Urban Management Institute
	In office; January 2016 – December 2016
President	Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud
Personal details
Born	Hargeisa, Somali Democratic Republic (now Somaliland)
Political party	Peace, Unity, and Development Party
Residence(s)	Hargeisa, Somaliland
Alma mater	University of Hargeisa
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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.^[2]
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.^[1]
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.