Yusuf was born in Xarardheere district, Mudug 1941 in the former
Italian Somaliland. He hails from
Awrtable subclan of
Darod. Yusuf was appointed prime minister on December 8, 2003, by then
president of Somalia,
Abdiqasim Salad Hassan. Yusuf left office on November 3, 2004, when Somalia's new president
Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed replaced him with
Ali Muhammad Ghedi. ==Notes==