Heads of state of Kenya
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Heads of State of Kenya
Tenure | Portrait | Incumbent | Notes | |
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The Dominion of Kenya | ||||
12 December 1963 to 12 December 1964 | Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Elizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,... represented by:- |
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12 December 1963 to 12 December 1964 | Malcolm John MacDonald Malcolm MacDonald Malcolm John MacDonald OM, PC was a British politician and diplomat.-Background:MacDonald was the son of Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and Margaret MacDonald. Like his father he was born in Lossiemouth, Moray... , Governor-General |
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Tenure | Portrait | Incumbent | Affiliation | Notes |
The Republic of Kenya | ||||
12 December 1964 to 22 August 1978 | Jomo Kenyatta Jomo Kenyatta Jomo Kenyattapron.] served as the first Prime Minister and President of Kenya. He is considered the founding father of the Kenyan nation.... , President |
KANU | Died in office | |
22 August 1978 to 30 December 2002 | Daniel arap Moi Daniel arap Moi Daniel 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'... , President |
KANU | Retired | |
30 December 2002 to Present | Mwai Kibaki Mwai Kibaki Mwai 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... , President |
PNU |
Affiliations
- KANU - Kenya African National UnionKenya African National UnionThe Kenya African National Union, better known as KANU is a political party which ruled Kenya for nearly 40 years after its independence from British colonial rule in 1963, until its electoral loss at the end of 2002...
- PNU - Party of National UnityParty of National Unity (Kenya)Party of National Unity was founded as a political coalition of parties in Kenya. On September 16, 2007, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki announced the party formation and said that he would run as its presidential candidate in the December 2007 Kenyan elections...
Latest election
Party | Candidate | Votes (ECK) 29 Jan | Votes (Kibaki Gov't) | ||
PNU Party of National Unity (Kenya) Party of National Unity was founded as a political coalition of parties in Kenya. On September 16, 2007, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki announced the party formation and said that he would run as its presidential candidate in the December 2007 Kenyan elections... |
Mwai Kibaki Mwai Kibaki Mwai 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... |
4,578,034 | 4,584,721 | 47% | |
ODM Orange Democratic Movement Orange Democratic Movement refers to a political party in Kenya, which is the successor of a former grassroots people's movement which was formed in the 2005 Kenyan constitutional referendum. The erstwhile single party which separated in August 2007 into two... |
Raila Odinga Raila Odinga Raila Amollo Odinga , also popularly known to Kenyans as Agwambo, is a Kenyan politician, currently serving as the Prime Minister of Kenya in a coalition government. He has served as a Member of Parliament for Langata since 1992, was Minister of Energy from 2001 to 2002, and was Minister of Roads,... |
4,352,860 | 4,352,993 | 44% | |
ODM-K Orange Democratic Movement–Kenya Orange Democratic Movement-Kenya refers to a political party in Kenya, which originated as a result of the 2005 Kenyan constitutional referendum... |
Kalonzo Musyoka Kalonzo Musyoka Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka is a Kenyan politician, currently serving as Vice President of Kenya. Musyoka served in the government under President Daniel arap Moi and was Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1993 until 1998; subsequently, under President Mwai Kibaki, he was Minister of Foreign Affairs... |
879,899 | 879,903 | 9% | |
KPTP | Joseph Karani | 21,168 | 21,171 | 0.2% | |
KPP | Pius Muiru | 9,665 | 9,667 | 0.09% | |
WCPK | Nazlin Omar | 8,624 | 8,624 | 0.087% | |
SSA | Kenneth Matiba Kenneth Matiba Kenneth Matiba is a Kenyan politician. He was the second-place candidate in the 1992 presidential election.Matiba became a senior civil servant at a young age of 31... |
8,049 | 8,046 | 0.081% | |
CCUP | David Ng'ethe | 5,976 | 5,976 | 0.06% | |
RPK | Nixon Kukubo | 5,926 | 5,927 | 0.06% |
See also
- List of colonial heads of Kenya
- 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...
- Heads of Government of Kenya
- Vice-Presidents 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