Saida Haji Bashir Ismail
# Saida Haji Bashir Ismail

Saida Haji Bashir Ismail (Somali: Saciida Xaaji Bashiir Ismaaciil, Arabic: سعيدة حاجي بشير اسماعيل) is a Somali politician.

## Biography

Saida Ismail is the daughter of Haji Bashir Ismail Yusuf, the first President of the Somali National Assembly during Somalia's early civilian administration. Her brother, Abdullahi Haji Bashir Ismail, is a Deputy Director-General of Somali Immigration & Naturalization, One of the high rank Senior Somali Administration Officers, as well as a writer of Politics and History.

Ismail later also entered politics, serving as Vice-Minister of Finance in the Transitional National Government (TNG) between 2000 and 2004.

