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Yusuf Hassan Abdi
Kenyan politician
Yusuf Hassan Abdi | |
|---|---|
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office August 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Simon Mbugua |
| In office 2006–2007 | |
| In office 2002–2006 | |
| In office 1999–2001 | |
| Born | (1958-03-09) 9 March 1958 (age 66) Nairobi |
| Political party | Jubilee |
Yusuf Hassan Abdi (Somali: Yuusuf Xasan Cabdi, Arabic: يوسف حسن عبدي) (born March 9, 1953) is a Kenyan politician, diplomat, social activist and former journalist. After working many years with the United Nations, he joined the Kenya parliament as a legislator in 2011.
Background
Personal life
Hassan was born in 1953 in Nairobi to an ethnic Somali family.[1][2]
Hassan is Muslim.[1] He is multilingual, speaking Somali, English and Swahili fluently. He also has a working knowledge of Arabic, French and Spanish.[2]
Education
For his elementary education, Hassan studied at the Garis