Mr Yousaf has a daughter and a stepchild with his second wife Nadia El-Nakla. They have one three-year-old daughter together, Amal. Ms El-Nakla also has a daughter from a previous marriage.

Yousaf wed SNP activist Gail Lythgoe from 2010 to 2016. He wed Nadia El-Nakla in 2019 after their divorce. El-Nakla is a psychotherapist with some Palestinian ancestry who was elected to represent ...