Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the 9th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 1, 2023
Preceded by
Bishara Addison
Personal details
Born
(1995-12-12) December 12, 1995 (age 28)
Political party
Democratic
Residence(s)
Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Education
Ohio State University (BA)
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Munira Yasin Abdullahi is an American politician who is the representative for Ohio House District 9. She won the primary on August 2, 2022, and ran unopposed in the November 2022 general election.[1] She and Rep. Ismail Mohammed are the first two Somali American representatives in Ohio.[1] She is also the first Muslim woman to serve in the state house.[2]
Abdullahi's family left Somalia when she was three years old.[2] They moved to an apartment in the Northside neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio.[2] She has type 1 diabetes.[2] Abdullahi graduated from Columbus Alternative High School and completed a bachelor's degree in political science at Ohio State University.[1][2]
^ abc"Primary results: Columbus picks a Somali American while Delaware ousts an incumbent". news.yahoo.com. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
^ abcde"Columbus's Munira Yasin Abdullahi first Somali American and Muslim woman to serve at Statehouse | ColumbusFreePress.com". columbusfreepress.com. January 4, 2023. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
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