Mohamed Ibrahim Liqliqato (1921,

Kismayo Kismayo (, , ; ) is a port city in the southern Lower Juba (Jubbada Hoose) province of Somalia. It is the commercial capital of the autonomous Jubaland region. The city is situated southwest of the capital Mogadishu, near the mouth of the Jub ...

Italian Somaliland Italian Somaliland (; ; ) was a protectorate and later colony of the Kingdom of Italy in present-day Somalia, which was ruled in the 19th century by the Sultanate of Hobyo and the Majeerteen Sultanate in the north, and by the Hiraab Imamate and ...

– 1998) was a Somali military and political leader who worked as an ambassador, minister, speaker of the Parliament, and was a prominent figure during Siyad Barre's rule in Somalia. In 1964, Liqliqato joined the Somali Army. In 1969, the military took over the government and new president

Siad Barre Mohammed Siad Barre (, Osmanya script: , ''Muhammad Ziād Barīy''; 6 October 1919 – 2 January 1995) was a Somali military officer, politician, and revolutionary who served as the third president of Somalia from 21 October 1969 to 26 Janu ...

appointed Liqliqato as Somali Ambassador to the

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(1969–1970). From 1970–1974, he served as Ambassador to

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. From 1974–1978, Liqliqato served as Minister of Agriculture, and from 1978–1980 as Minister of Domestic and Foreign Trade.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Liqliiqato, Mohamed Ibrahim Somalian military leaders 1921 births 1998 deaths Presidents of Somalia Agriculture ministers of Somalia Speakers of the Parliament of Somalia Ambassadors of Somalia to the Soviet Union Ambassadors of Somalia to West Germany Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party politicians Ethnic Somali people Somalian diplomats