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Uhuru Mũigai Kenyatta is a Kenyan politician who served as the fourth president of Kenya from 2013 to 2022. The son of Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya's first president, he had previously served as Deputy Prime Minister from 2008 to 2013 and as the leader of official opposition from 2003 to 2007.

Experience

Professional

President, Kenya
2013-2022
former
Deputy Prime Minister

Government of Kenya 2007-2012

One of two Deputy Prime Ministers in the grand-coalition government, concurrently running the trade and then finance dockets, where he oversaw post-crisis fiscal stimulus and the budgeting groundwork for the new devolved system.
MP, Gatundu South
Kenya African National Union 2003-2007

9th Parliament
former
Minister for Local Government

Government of Kenya 2000-2001

Nominated to parliament and appointed local government minister in President Moi's final cabinet, his first national office and the springboard for his surprise selection as KANU's presidential candidate in the 2002 election.

Education

BA Political Science and Economics

Amherst College 1980-1984

Studied political science and economics at Amherst College in Massachusetts, returning home to run family businesses and a horticultural export venture before President Moi drew him into national politics in the late 1990s.