Yonadam Yousip Kanna (Syriac: ܝܘܢܕܡ ܝܘܣܦ ܟܢܢܐ, also known as Rabi Yacoub Yosep) is an Assyrian politician and the first Christian member of the Iraqi National Assembly since 2003.

[6] Kanna was a founding member of the Iraqi Governing Council that was created following the Invasion of Iraq led by the United States in 2003.

In the same year, Kanna held the position of Chairman of the 'Committee on Reconstruction and Public Services for the Chaldean Syriac Assyrian component'.

In December 2004, Kanna was a member of the National Transitional Council and served as a chairman for Age and Public Services.

[9] In addition to other Assyrian political figures, Kanna has pressured the Iraqi government to develop a self-governed province in the Nineveh Plains to be formed in the federal state of Iraq to protect minorities and allow them to govern their own communities.