Yusuf Bari-Bari

Yusuf Mohamed Ismail Bari-Bari (, ; 15 July 1958 – 27 March 2015) was a Somali diplomat and politician. He was the Ambassador of Somalia to the United Nations Human Rights Office in Geneva.

Personal life Bari-Bari was born in 1958 in Rome, Italy to an aristocratic Somali family. He belonged to the Majeerteen Harti Darod clan. His family originally hailed from Garowe, the administrative capital of the northeastern Puntland regional state of Somalia.

For his tertiary education, Bari-Bari earned a degree in political science from the University of Bologna.

On 27 March 2015, Yusuf Ismail Bari-Bari sustained injuries during an attack on Hotel Makka al-Mukarama in Mogadishu by the Al-Shabaab militant group. He later succumbed to the wounds at the hospital.

President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Puntland President Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, and UN Special Representative for Somalia Nicholas Kay all sent their condolences to the slain diplomat's family. The United Nations Human Rights Council also observed a minute of silence in honour of Ismail. President of the Council Ambassador Joachim Rücker described Ismail as a widely admired and respected leadership figure, whose commitment to global human rights left a tangible impact.

On 29 March, a state funeral for Ambassador Ismail Bari-Bari was held in Garowe. The funeral service was attended by Puntland President Ali and various Federal Government of Somalia delegates.