Edna Adan Ismail has served as:
- Foreign minister of Somaliland
- Somaliland minister of family welfare and social development
- Director and founder of the Edna Adan Maternity Hospital in Hargeisa
She is an activist who was married to Mohamed Haji Ibrahim Egal who was head of government in British Somaliland prior to Somalia’s independence and later the prime minister of Somalia and president of Somaliland.