Hassan Ismail Yusuf ( so, Xasan Ismaaciil Yuusuf) is a

Somaliland Somaliland,; ar, صوماليلاند ', ' officially the Republic of Somaliland,, ar, جمهورية صوماليلاند, link=no ''Jumhūrīyat Ṣūmālīlānd'' is a ''de facto'' sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, still conside ...

politician, He served as Minister of Health and Labor of

in 2002 and as Minister of Health of Somaliland, from December 2017 to April 2019.

Personal life

Hassan was born in the outskirts of Burao in 1954 where he also completed his primary education. He finished his secondary school at

Sheikh Sheikh (pronounced or ; ar, شيخ ' , mostly pronounced , plural ' )—also transliterated sheekh, sheyikh, shaykh, shayk, shekh, shaik and Shaikh, shak—is an honorific title in the Arabic language. It commonly designates a chief of a ...

before moving on to Mogadishu to study at the Somali National University where he graduated from the School of Medicine and Surgery in 1979. In 1984, Hassan earned a Master‘s Degree in Community Health from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.

Career

In 1986, Hassan joined the London branch of the Somali National Movement, where he served as chairperson of the executive committee. At the end of the Somali Civil War, the Burao conference was held in April–May 1991, during which the SNM declared an independent Republic of

in the region that constituted the British Somaliland protectorate before independence. Hassan became the Health Director of Burao General Hospital in 2000 and later served as Minister of Health and Labour of Somaliland in 2002. Afterwards,he worked six years for the Italian NGO Comitato Collaborazione Medica as tuberculosis medical supervisor. In 2012, he became dean of the College of Medicine and Health Sciences of the

University of Hargeisa The University of Hargeisa ( so, Jaamacadda Hargeysa, ar, جامعة هرجيسا, abbreviated UoH) is a public university located in Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland. The institution was founded in 1998. It is the leading and largest higher e ...

and then, in 2013, of the newly established Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of

Burao University The University of Burao UB is a university in Burao, Somaliland. It is an independent community-based higher education institution established in 2004 in Burao second best university in Somaliland , the capital city of Togdheer region in Somaliland ...

. Dr. Hassan is particularly concerned with all matters of community health and its improvement.

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{{Ministers of Somaliland Living people Government ministers of Somaliland Health ministers of Somaliland Somaliland politicians 1954 births

Personal life

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