List of heads of state of Kenya
This is a list of the heads of state of Kenya since independence on December 12, 1963.
Monarchy (1963–1964)
No. | image | Name (life data) |
Official title | Term of office | |
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Beginning | The End | ||||
1. |
Elizabeth II (* 1926) |
queen | December 12, 1963 | December 12, 1964 |
Governors General
The British monarch was represented in his absence by a governor general:
No. | image | Name (life data) |
Official title | Term of office | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Beginning | The End | ||||
- |
Sir Eric Griffith-Jones (acting) (* 1913, † 1979) |
Governor General | December 12, 1963 | 4th January 1964 | |
1. |
Malcolm MacDonald (* 1901; † 1981) |
Governor General | 4th January 1964 | December 12, 1964 |
Republic (since 1964)
No. | image | Name (life data) |
Official title | Term of office | Political party | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Beginning | The End | |||||
1. |
Jomo Kenyatta (1893-1978) |
president | December 12, 1964 | August 22, 1978 | CANOE | |
2. |
Daniel arap Moi (1924-2020) |
president | 23rd August 1978 | December 30, 2002 | CANOE | |
3. |
Mwai Kibaki (* 1931) |
president | December 31, 2002 | December 27, 2007 | NARC | |
December 27, 2007 | April 9, 2013 | PNU | ||||
4th |
Uhuru Kenyatta (* 1961) |
president | April 9, 2013 | officiating | YES |
See also
Web links
- List of Heads of State and Government of Kenya World Statesmen.org (English)