Mwai Kibaki : Ask Biography

Mwai Kibaki, November 2007

Personal data

Date of birth

15 November 1931(age 84)

Place of birth

Gatuyaini, Othaya, Nyeri
Kenya

Political party

PNU

Spouse

Lucy Kibaki (1962-present)
Alleged: Mary Wambui (1972-present)

Children

Jimmy Kibaki, David Kagai, Tony Githinji, Judy Wanjiku
Alleged: Wangui Mwai

Religion

Roman Catholic

3^rd President of Kenya

Assumed office

30 December 2002

President

Kalonzo Musyoka

Prime minister

Raila Odinga

Vice President

Kalonzo Musyoka

Preceded by

Daniel arap Moi

4^th Vice-President of Kenya

In office

14 October 1978 - 1988

Succeeded by

Josephat Njuguna Karanja

Preceded by

Daniel Toroitich arap Moi

Minister of Finance

In office

1969 - 1981

Minister for Home Affairs

In office

1982 - 1988

Minister of Health

In office

1988 - 1991

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Emilio Mwai Kibaki (born November 15, 1931) 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 (1969 � 1981), Minister for Home Affairs (1982 � 1988) and Minister for Health (1988 � 1991).

After resigning as a cabinet minister in 1991, Kibaki served as an opposition Member of Parliament from 1991 up to his election as Kenya's third president in 2002 after two unsuccessful bids for the Kenyan presidency in 1992 and 1997.

He was sworn in on the night of 30 December 2007 for his second term as president after controversially emerging as the winner of a bitterly contested election that was marked by accusations of fraud and widespread irregularities that led to civil unrest.