| Haji Bashir Ismail Yusuf حاجي بشير اسماعيل يوسف |
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| Minister of Health and Labour | |
| In office 1966–1967 |
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| Prime Minister | Abdirizak Haji Hussein |
| President of the Somali National Assembly | |
| In office July 1, 1960 – mid-1960s |
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| Prime Minister | Abdirashid Ali Shermarke |
| Succeeded by | Jama Abdullahi Qalib |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1912 Hobyo, Somalia |
| Died | 1984 Cairo, Egypt |
| Political party | Somali Youth League |
Haji Bashir Ismail Yusuf (Somali: Xaaji Bashiir Ismaaciil Yuusuf, Arabic: حاجي بشير اسماعيل يوسف) (b. 1912 in Hobyo, Somalia – d. 1984 in Cairo, Egypt), also spelled Hagi Bashir Ismail Yousuf, was a Somali politician.
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Yusuf was born in 1912 in the town of Hobyo, situated in the north-central Mudug region of Somalia.[1]
He was a prominent member of the Somali Youth League (SYL), the country's first political party. Yusuf joined the organization in 1943,[1] when the SYL was founded as the Somali Youth Club (SYC). The SYL's nationalist constituents were strongly influenced by the religious rebellion at the turn of the century of Sayyid Mohammed Abdullah Hassan ("Mad Mullah").[2]
In an administrative capacity, Yusuf initially worked in the parliament of the Trust Territory of Somalia as a Deputy (MP) for the northeastern town of Bosaso, which had previously formed a part of the Majeerteen Sultanate (Migiurtinia). On July 1, 1960, Somalia's independence day, he began serving as the first President of the Somali National Assembly. He was succeeded in office by Jama Abdullahi Qalib.[1]
From mid-1960 to mid-1966, Yusuf was elected a Vice-President of the Somali National Assembly, where he worked alongside Ahmed Gumanc.[3]
Yusuf was subsequently appointed Minister of Health and Labour in 1966, forming a key part of the nation's early civilian administration.[4]
After a long career in Somali politics, Yusuf eventually retired to Cairo, Egypt, where he died on January 2, 1984 at the age of 72.[1]