CarveHerName on Nostr: #OnThisDay, 4 Nov 2012, Fawzia Yusuf Adam became the first woman to be Foreign ...

#OnThisDay, 4 Nov 2012, Fawzia Yusuf Adam became the first woman to be Foreign Affairs Minister for Somalia. She also became Deputy Prime Minister. She was in post until January 2014.

In 2022 Adam stood in the Somalian Presidential election. She was the only woman out of 36 candidates. She did not make it through the first round.