Humza Yousaf
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Humza Yousaf MSP |
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| Minister for Transport and the Islands | |
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Assumed office 18 May 2016 |
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| First Minister | Nicola Sturgeon |
| Preceded by | Derek Mackay |
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Minister for Europe and International Development Minister for External Affairs and International Development (2012-2014) |
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In office 6 September 2012 – 18 May 2016 |
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| First Minister |
Alex Salmond Nicola Sturgeon |
| Preceded by | Office created |
| Parliamentary Liaison Officer to the First Minister of Scotland |
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In office May 2011 – September 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Aileen Campbell |
| Succeeded by | Mark McDonald |
| Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Pollok |
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Assumed office 6 May 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Johann Lamont |
| Majority | 6,482 (23.2%) |
| Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow |
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In office 6 May 2011 – 6 May 2016 |
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| Personal details | |
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7 April 1985 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Political party | Scottish National Party |
| Spouse(s) | Gail Lythgoe (separated) |
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow |
| Profession | Community worker |
| Religion | Islam |
Humza Haroon Yousaf (born 7 April 1985) is a Scottish National Party politician who is the Scottish Government Minister for Transport and the Islands. He has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Glasgow Pollok constituency since May 2016, having previously been an MSP for the Glasgow region from 2011 to 2016. He was appointed to his first junior ministerial post in 2012, a little over a year after he was first elected to the Scottish Parliament.
Yousaf is the son of immigrants who came to Britain in the 1960s: his mother came from Kenya and his father from Pakistan. Yousaf was educated at Hutchesons' Grammar School, an independent school in Glasgow. He studied Politics at the University of Glasgow, graduating with a MA in 2007.
From an early age, Yousaf was involved in community work, ranging from youth organisations to charity fundraising. He was the volunteer media spokesperson for the charity Islamic Relief, worked for community radio for 12 years and on a project which provided food packages to the homeless and asylum seekers in Glasgow.
Yousaf worked as a Parliamentary assistant for Bashir Ahmad, from Ahmad's election as Scotland's first Muslim MSP in 2007 until Ahmad's death two years later. Ahmad was a personal influence. Yousaf then worked as Parliamentary assistant for a few other MSPs including Anne McLaughlin, Nicola Sturgeon and Alex Salmond who was then the First Minister. In 2008, while working as an aide, Yousaf took part in the IVLP programme, an exchange that is run by the US State Department. He was awarded the “Future Force of Politics” at the Young Scottish Minority Ethnic Awards in 2009, which was presented to him in Glasgow City Chambers.
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