Native Name: | محمد عوالي ليبان |
Birth Place: | Galkayo, Italian Somalia |
Occupation: | Scholar |
Nationality: | Somali |
Hagi Mohammed Awale ' (Somali: Liibaan, Arabic: محمد عوالي 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]
Awale was a nationalist who served in all Somali governments up until 1964. He maintained good relationships with the administration of Abdirashid Ali Shermarke, Awale hailed from the habargidir of sacad]] family.