Cabinet Affairs in 2002. On a KANU ticket, Haji was elected to represent the Ijara Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya at the 2007 parliamentary elections. Minister of Defence On 8 January 2008, Haji was appointed Kenya's Minister of State for Defence after the 27 December 2007 general elections. On 18 October 2011, Haji and a Kenyan delegation met with Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) officials in Mogadishu to discuss security issues cooperation against the Islamist Al-Shabaab group as part of the coordinated Operation Linda Nchi. Haji and Somalia's Minister of Defence Hussein Arab Isse then signed an agreement to collaborate against the insurgent group. In early June 2012, Haji signed another agreement officially re-hatting Kenya's deployed military forces in Somalia under the AMISOM general command. Haji's term as Minister of Defence ended on 26 April 2013. Minister of Internal Security On 18 June 2012, Haji was appointed Kenya's acting Minister of Internal Security and Provincial Affairs after the incumbent minister George Saitoti died in a helicopter crash a few days earlier. Haji had previously worked closely with Saitoti on the Linda Nchi military operation. Haji held the new position concurrently with the Minister of Defence docket until a permanent Internal Minister was appointed on 21 September 2012. References External links Profile: Mohamed Yusuf Haji 1940 births Living people Ethnic Somali people Kenyan Muslims Kenyan people of Somali descent Members of the Senate of Kenya Kenya African National Union politicians Members of the National Assembly (Kenya) Government ministers of Kenya Alumni of the University of Birmingham People from Garissa County Defense ministers of Kenya