Humza Yousaf second wife: Meet Nadia El-Nakla

Nadia El-Nakla is a trained psychotherapist and the current wife of Humza Yousaf.

Nadia was born in Scotland to a Palestinian father.

She was previously married to IT expert Fariad Umar.

Yousaf happens to be her second husband who she married in 2019. They both share a daughter and a stepdaughter.

The entire family live in Broughty Ferry, near Dundee.

Who Is Humza Yousaf?

Humza Yousaf is a Scottish politician and leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP).

Born on April 7, 1985, in Glasgow, United Kingdom, Yousaf graduated from the University of Glasgow with a degree in politics.

He began his political journey when he worked as Communications Officer in the SNP’s headquarters.

Yousaf later went on to work as a parliamentary assistant for the likes of late Bashir Ahmad, Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon.

Yousaf has been Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care since 2021, after serving as the Cabinet Secretary for Justice.

He is Scotland’s first South Asian and first Muslim cabinet secretary, and has been the member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Glasgow Pollok constituency since 2016.

Other positions he has held include Minister for external affairs and international development, Minister for transport, and justice secretary, during which he introduced the controversial hate crime bill.

Yousaf is regarded as a socially progressive, and a Sturgeon loyalist.

Yousaf became the leader of the SNP on March 27, 2023, after defeating Kate Forbes, by a very narrow margin.