constituency data religion birth_place president imagesize nationality party office birth_date term_start blank image article_title term_end name alma_mater
garissa county garissa county somali islam garissa district , british kenya mwai kibaki 200 kenyan kanu tna member defence member of the national assembly of kenya of the kenyan senate minister of state for 23 december 1940 28 march 2013 8 january 2008 2003 ethnicity yusufhaji.jpg mohamed yusuf haji
 26 april 2013 2013 mohamed yusuf haji university of birmingham -lrb- dip -rrb-
mohamed yusuf haji

mohamed yusuf haji -lrb- , -rrb- -lrb- born 23 december 1940 -rrb- is a somali-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 .
