Vice-President of Kenya
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The Vice-President of Kenya
is the second-highest executive official in the Kenyan government.
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
is the second-highest executive official in the Kenyan government.
List of Vice-Presidents of Kenya
- Jaramogi Oginga OdingaJaramogi Oginga OdingaJaramogi Ajuma Oginga Odinga was a Luo Chief, who became a prominent figure in Kenya's struggle for independence. He later served as Kenya's first Vice-President, and thereafter as opposition leader...
(December 1963-May 1966) - Joseph Zuzarte MurumbiJoseph MurumbiJoseph Zuzarte Murumbi was Kenya's second Vice-President from May 1966 until December 1966. He was a child of a Goan trader and a Maasai woman, and he spent the first 16 years of his life in India...
(May 1966-1967) - Daniel arap MoiDaniel arap MoiDaniel Toroitich arap Moi was the President of Kenya from 1978 until 2002.Daniel arap Moi is popularly known to Kenyans as 'Nyayo', a Swahili word for 'footsteps'...
(1967-22 August 1978) - Mwai KibakiMwai KibakiMwai Kibaki is the current and third President of the republic of Kenya.Kibaki was previously Vice President of Kenya for ten years from 1978–1988 and also held cabinet ministerial positions, including a widely acclaimed stint as Minister for Finance , Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for...
(14 October 1978-1988) - Josephat Njuguna Karanja (1988-1989)
- George SaitotiGeorge SaitotiProf. George Kinuthia Saitoti is a Kenyan politician and mathematician who was Vice President of Kenya from 1989 to 1997 and again from 1999 to 2002. He has been Minister for Internal Security since 2008 and Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs since 2010.-Biography and education:George Saitoti is...
(May 1989-December 1997)
- George SaitotiGeorge SaitotiProf. George Kinuthia Saitoti is a Kenyan politician and mathematician who was Vice President of Kenya from 1989 to 1997 and again from 1999 to 2002. He has been Minister for Internal Security since 2008 and Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs since 2010.-Biography and education:George Saitoti is...
(April 1999-30 August 2002) - Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi (4 November 2002-30 December 2002)
- Michael Wamalwa KijanaMichael Wamalwa KijanaMichael Wamalwa Kijana was a Kenyan politician and, at the time of his death, Kenya's Vice-President.-Early life:...
(3 January 2003-23 August 2003) - Moody AworiMoody AworiArthur Moody Awori , known as "Uncle Moody", was the 9th Vice President of Kenya from 25 September 2003 to 9 January 2008.-Politics:Awori was born in Butere. He went to Mangu High School in 1935, and later Kakamega High School...
(25 September 2003-9 January 2008) - Kalonzo Stephen Musyoka (9 January 2008-present)
See also
- KenyaKenyaKenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
- President of Kenya
- Heads of Government of Kenya
- Colonial Heads of KenyaColonial Heads of Kenya-List of the colonial heads of Kenya:For continuation after independence, see: Heads of state of Kenya-See also:*Kenya**Heads of state of Kenya**Heads of Government of Kenya...
- Lists of incumbents