Mohamed Yusuf Haji | |
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Maxamed Yuusuf Xaaji | |
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Member of the Kenyan Senate | |
In office 28 March 2013 – 15 February 2021 | |
Succeeded by | Abdulkadir Haji |
Constituency | Garissa County |
Minister of State for Defence | |
In office 8 January 2008 – 26 April 2013 | |
President | Mwai Kibaki |
Preceded by | Njenga Karume |
Succeeded by | Raychelle Omamo |
Member of the National Assembly of Kenya | |
In office 2003 – March 2013 | |
Preceded by | Mohammed Weyrah |
Succeeded by | Ibrahim Abass Ibrahim |
Constituency | Ijara |
Personal details | |
Born | Garissa District, British Kenya | 23 December 1940
Died | 15 February 2021 Nairobi, Kenya | (aged 80)
Political party | KANU TNA |
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Alma mater | University of Birmingham (Dip) |
Ethnicity | Somali |
Religion | Islam |
Mohamed Yusuf Haji (Somali: Maxamed Yuusuf Xaaji) (23 December 1940 – 15 February 2021) was a Kenyan politician. He was the Minister of Defence of Kenya from 2008 to 2013, and briefly served as its acting Minister of Internal Security and Provincial Affairs in 2012. He has served in the Senate of Kenya since 2013 under the jubilee party. He died on 15 February 2021.