Mohamed Yusuf Haji

Mohamed Yusuf Haji EGH
Maxamed Yuusuf Xaaji
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	(1940-12-23)23 December 1940 Garissa District, British Kenya
Died	15 February 2021(2021-02-15) (aged 80) Nairobi, Kenya
Political party	KANU TNA
Children	Noordin Haji (son) Abdul Haji (son)[1]
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.