Humza Yousaf

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Not to be confused with Hamza Yusuf.
Humza Yousaf
MSP
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Minister for Transport and the Islands
Assumed office
18 May 2016
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon
Preceded by Derek Mackay
Minister for Europe and International Development
Minister for External Affairs and International Development (2012-2014)
In office
6 September 2012 – 18 May 2016
First Minister Alex Salmond
Nicola Sturgeon
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 Pollok
Assumed office
6 May 2016
Preceded by Johann Lamont
Majority 6,482 (23.2%)
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Glasgow
In office
6 May 2011 – 6 May 2016
Personal details
Born (1985-04-07) 7 April 1985 (age 39)
Glasgow, Scotland
Nationality Scottish
Political party Scottish National Party
Spouse(s) Gail Lythgoe (m.2010)
Alma mater University of Glasgow
Profession Community worker
Religion Islam

Humza Yousaf (born 7 April 1985) is a Pakistani politician living in Scotland who is the Scottish Government Minister for Transport and the Islands and a Scottish National Party Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Pollok. He was first elected to the Scottish Parliament in 2011 and appointed to his first junior ministerial post in 2012.

Early life and education

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.[1] He studied Politics at the University of Glasgow, graduating with a MA in 2007.[2]

From an early age, Yousaf was involved in community work, ranging from youth organisations to charity fundraising.[3] He was the volunteer media spokesperson for the charity Islamic Relief,[3] 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.[4] 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.[5][6] In 2008, while working as an aide, Yousaf took part in the IVLP programme- an exchange that is run by the US State Department.[7] 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.[8]

Scottish Parliament

In May 2011, he was elected to the Scottish Parliament as a regional member for Glasgow.[9] At just 25 years of age, he was the youngest MSP to be elected to the Scottish Parliament.[10] When being sworn in, he took his oath in English then Urdu reflecting his Scottish-Pakistani identity;[11] he was dressed in a traditional sherwani decorated with a Partick Thistle tartan touch and a plaid draped over his shoulder.[12] Yousaf was appointed to the Justice and Public Audit Committees. On 25 May 2011 he was appointed as a Parliamentary Liaison Officer to the Office of the First Minister, remaining in this post until 4 September 2012.[13]

Junior minister

On 5 September 2012, Yousaf became the Minister for External Affairs and International Development after Alex Salmond had undertaken his first major cabinet reshuffle of the parliamentary session.[14] This junior ministerial appointment saw him working under the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs. He is the first Muslim Minister to be appointed to the Scottish Government.[15][16] Nicola Sturgeon became First Minister in November 2014, keeping Yousaf as a junior minister, although the name of the position he held was changed to the Minister for Europe and International Development.[17] On 18 May 2016 he was moved to the position of Minister for Transport and the Islands in a reshuffle.[18]

Other

Yousaf is a columnist for the Evening Times.[19]

References

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