Mwai Kibaki
| Mwai Kibaki | |
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| 3rd President of Kenya | |
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In office 30 December 2002 – 9 April 2013 |
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| Vice President |
Michael Wamalwa Moody Awori Kalonzo Musyoka |
| Prime Minister | Raila Odinga (2008–2013) |
| Preceded by | Daniel arap Moi |
| Succeeded by | Uhuru Kenyatta |
| 4th Vice President of Kenya | |
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In office 14 October 1978 – 24 March 1988 |
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| President | Daniel arap Moi |
| Preceded by | Daniel arap Moi |
| Succeeded by | Josephat Karanja |
| Minister for Finance | |
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In office 1969–1982 |
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| Preceded by | James Gichuru |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Magugu |
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Member of Parliament for Othaya |
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In office 1974 – January 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Kega Muthua |
| Succeeded by | Mary Wambui |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Emilio Stanley Mwai Kibaki 15 November 1931 Gatuyaini, Kenya |
| Nationality | Kenyan |
| Political party |
PNU KANU |
| Spouse(s) | Lucy Kibaki (m. 1961; d. 2016) |
| Children |
4
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| Alma mater |
Makerere University London School of Economics |
| Religion | Catholicism |
| Nickname(s) | Ubako, Baks |
Mwai Kibaki, C.G.H. (born 15 November 1931) is a Kenyan politician who was the third President of Kenya, serving from December 2002 until April 2013.
Kibaki was previously Vice-President of Kenya for ten years from 1978 to 1988 under President Daniel arap Moi. He also held cabinet ministerial positions in the Kenyatta and Moi governments, including time as minister for Finance (1969–1981) under Kenyatta, and Minister for Home Affairs (1982–1988) and Minister for Health (1988–1991) under Moi.
Kibaki served as an opposition Member of Parliament from 1992 to 2002. He unsuccessfully stood as a presidential candidate in 1992 and 1997. He served as the Leader of the Official Opposition in Parliament from 1998 to 2002. In the 2002 presidential election, he was elected as President of Kenya.
Kibaki was born in 1931 in Kikuyu village, Othaya division of Kenya's then Nyeri District, now Nyeri County. He is the youngest son of Kikuyu peasants Kibaki Gĩthĩnji and Teresia Wanjikũ. Though baptised as Emilio Stanley by Italian missionaries in his youth, he has been known as Mwai Kibaki throughout his public life.
Family oral history maintains that his early education was made possible by his much older brother-in-law, Paul Muruthi, who insisted that young Mwai should go to school instead of spending his days grazing his father's sheep and cattle and baby-sitting his little nephews and nieces for his older sister. Kibaki turned out to be an exemplary student. He attended Gatuyainĩ School for the first two years, where he completed what was then called Sub "A" and sub "B" (the equivalent of standard one and two or first and second grade). He later joined Karima mission school for the three more classes of primary school. He later moved to Mathari School (now Nyeri High School) between 1944 and 1946 for Standard four to six, where, in addition to his academic studies, he learnt carpentry and masonry as students would repair furniture and provide material for maintaining the school's buildings. He also grew his own food as all students in the school were expected to do, and earned extra money during the school holidays by working as a conductor on buses operated by the defunct Othaya African Bus Union. After Karima Primary and Nyeri Boarding primary schools, he proceeded to Mang'u High School where he studied between 1947 and 1950. He passed with a maximum of six points in his "O" level examination by passing six subjects with Grade 1 Distinction.
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