Humza Yousaf
| Humza Yousaf MSP | |
|---|---|
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| Minister for External Affairs and International Development | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 6 September 2012 | |
| First Minister | Alex Salmond |
| Preceded by | Office created |
| Parliamentary Liaison Officer to the First Minister of Scotland | |
| In office May 2011 – September 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Aileen Campbell |
| Succeeded by | Mark McDonald |
| Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 6 May 2011 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 April 1985 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Political party | Scottish National Party |
| Spouse(s) | Gail Lythgoe |
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow |
| Religion | Islam |
Humza Yousaf (born 7 April 1985) is a Scottish politician who has served as the Scottish National Party Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow since 2011. He was elected via the Mixed Member Proportional Representation from the Party List. Since September 2012 he has been Minister for External Affairs and International Development, the junior minister under the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs.
He is the son of immigrants who came to Britain in the 1960s, his mother from Kenya, his father from Pakistan. He married Gail Lythgoe in 2010.
After attending Hutchesons' Grammar School [1] and completing his degree in Politics at the University of Glasgow, he worked at the Scottish Parliament with the late Bashir Ahmad, an SNP politician, who was a personal influence. Since then he has worked for a number of MSPs including Anne McLaughlin, Nicola Sturgeon and the First Minister, Alex Salmond.
Humza Yousaf has been involved in community work, from youth organisations to charity fundraising, for most of his life. He was Media Spokesperson for the charity Islamic Relief, he worked for community radio for 12 years and on a project which provided food packages to homeless and asylum seekers in Glasgow. He was awarded the “Future Force of Politics Award 2010”, which was presented to him in Glasgow City Chambers. He is also a former alumnus of the US State Department IVLP programme.
On his election to Parliament Yousaf was appointed to the Justice and Public Audit Committees and as Parliamentary Liaison Officer to Alex Salmond.
Humza Yousaf appeared on a Question Time debate on BBC Scotland in February 2013, where he was criticised for calling David Dimbleby 'patronising' in his chairing of the debate. [2]
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