Mwai Kibaki
Mwai Kibaki 3rd President of Kenya In office 30 December 2002 – 9 April 2013 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 In office 14 October 1978 – 24 March 1988 President Daniel arap Moi Preceded by Daniel arap Moi Succeeded by Josephat Karanja Minister for Finance In office 1969–1982 Preceded by James Gichuru Succeeded by Arthur Magugu Member of Parliament for Othaya In office 1974 – January 2013 Preceded by Kega Muthua Succeeded by Mary Wambui Personal details Born Emilio Stanley Mwai Kibaki (1931-11-15) 15 November 1931 (age 83) Gatuyaini, Kenya Colony Nationality Kenyan Political party PNU KANU Spouse(s) Lucy Kibaki (m. 1962) Children 4 Judy Wanjiku Jimmy Kibaki David Kagai Tony Githinji Alma mater Makerere University London School of Economics Religion Catholicism[citation needed] Mwai Kibaki, C.G.H. (born 15 November 1931) is a Kenyan politician. He was the third President of Kenya, serving from December 2002 to April 2013. Kibaki was previously Vice-President of Kenya for ten years from 1978 to 1988 under President Daniel Toroitich arap Moi. He also held cabinet ministerial positions in the Kenyatta and Moi governments, including a widely acclaimed stint as Minister for Finance (1969–1981) under Kenyatta, and Minister for Home Affairs (1982–1988) and Minister for Health (1988–1991) under Moi. Kibaki also served as an opposition Member of Parliament from 1992 up to his election in 2002 after his two unsuccessful bids for the presidency in 1992 and 1997. He served as the Leader of Official Opposition in Kenya's Parliament from 1998 to 2002 after he came 2nd place in the 1997 Kenyan Presidential Election with his party, the Democratic Party of Kenya (DP).