Humza Yousaf was elected as a Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow in May 2011, aged 26. In May 2016 he was re-elected as an MSP, this time to represent the constituency of Glasgow Pollok.
He has been involved in community work, from youth organisations to charity fundraising, for most of his life, including being media spokesperson for the international non-governmental organisation Islamic Relief. He also volunteered for community radio for 12 years and on a charitable project providing food packages to homeless people and asylum seekers in Glasgow.
After completing his degree in Politics at the University of Glasgow in 2007, he went to work in the Scottish Parliament as an aide to the late Bashir Ahmad MSP.
In May 2011, he was the youngest SNP MSP to be elected to Parliament. He was appointed to the Justice Committee and Public Audit Committees, was a Parliamentary Liaison Officer to the First Minister Alex Salmond MSP.
About Humza
In September 2012 he was appointed as Minister for External Affairs and International Development, the first ever Minister in the Scottish Government from an ethnic minority background. Since then he has served as Minister for Transport and the Islands, before his appointment as Cabinet Secretary for Justice in June 2018.
Humza is an alumnus of the US State Department's prestigious International Visitor Learning Programme. His interests include tackling mental health stigma, poverty, civil liberties, issues affecting young people and international affairs. He enjoys riding his motorcycle, watching and playing football and spending time with his family.
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