Trivias Of Humza Yousaf
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On 17 May 2023, he became a member of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council at Buckingham Palace. This granted him the lifelong honorific prefix of "The Right Honourable."
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On 29 March 2023, Yousaf was sworn in as the First Minister of Scotland, becoming the youngest person and the first Scottish Asian and Muslim to hold the office.
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In 2018, Yousaf got married to Nadia El-Nakla, who is of Scottish-Palestinian descent. During an interview in 2020, Nadia revealed that she experienced five pregnancies in less than three years and suffered multiple miscarriages when finally her daughter Amal was born at 36 weeks in May 2019.
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In 2016, Yousaf received the prestigious Sitara-i-Quaid-i- Azam award from the President of Pakistan in recognition of his efforts to improve ties between Scotland and Pakistan. This award is one of the highest civilian honours in Pakistan.
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Before his election to Holyrood in 2011, he worked in the SNP's headquarters as a communications officer.