Look for biographies of the leaders (in Spanish) at CIDOB website.
Note: From the accession to independence (12 Dec 1963) to the adoption of the Republic (12 Oct 1964) the head of State was the Brirish monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, represented by a Governor-General.
Parties:
DP: Democratic Party (part of NARC) - FORD-Kenya: Forum for the Restoration of Democracy–Kenya (part of NARC) - Jubilee: Jubilee Party of Kenya (2016 merger of TNA and 10 other parties) - KANU: Kenya African National Union - KK: Kenya First (Kenya Kwanza, coalition) - NARC: National Rainbow Coalition - ODM: Orange Democratic Movement - ODM-Kenya: Orange Democratic Movement-Kenya (split of ODM) - PNU: Party of National Unity - TNA: The National Alliance - UDA: United Democratic Alliance (part of KK) - UDFP: United Democratic Forum Party - URP: United Republican Party - WDM-K: Wiper Democratic Movement–Kenya (formerly, ODM-Kenya)
Heads of State
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Governor-General
Malcolm John MacDonald 12 Dec 1963 - 12 Dec 1964 (†1981)
Presidents of the Republic
Jomo Kenyatta 12 Dec 1964 - 22 Aug 1978 (†1978) KANU
Daniel Toroitich arap Moi 22 Aug 1978 - 30 Dec 2002 (†2020) KANU (acting to 14 Oct 1978)
Mwai Kibaki 30 Dec 2002 - 9 Apr 2013 (†2022) DP/NARC, PNU
Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta 9 Apr 2013 - 13 Sep 2022 TNA, Jubilee
William Samoei arap Ruto 13 Sep 2022 - UDA/KK
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Vice Presidents
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Vice Presidents
Jaramogi Oginga Odinga 12 Dec 1964 – 14 Apr 1966 (†1994) KANU
Joseph Zuzarte Murumbi 3 May 1966 - 31 Aug 1966 (†1990) KANU
Daniel Toroitich arap Moi 5 Jan 1967 – 22 Aug 1978 (†2020) KANU
Mwai Kibaki 14 Oct 1978 - 24 Mar 1988 (†2022) KANU
Josephat Njuguna Karanja 24 Mar 1988 - 1 May 1989 (†1994) KANU
George Kinuthia Saitoti 1 May 1989 - 8 Jan 1998 (†2012) KANU
* vacant * 8 Jan 1998 - 3 Apr 1999
George Kinuthia Saitoti 3 Apr 1999 - 30 Aug 2002 (†2012) KANU
Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi 4 Nov 2002 - 3 Jan 2003 KANU
Michael Kijana Wamalwa 3 Jan 2003 - 23 Aug 2003 (†2003) FORD-Kenya/NARC
Arthur Moody Awori 25 Sep 2003 – 9 Jan 2008 NARC
Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka 9 Jan 2008 - 9 Apr 2013 ODM-Kenya, WDM-K
Deputy Presidents
William Samoei arap Ruto 9 Apr 2013 - 13 Sep 2022 URP, UDA
Geoffrey Rigathi Gachagua 13 Sep 2022 - UDA
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Prime Ministers
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Jomo Kenyatta 1 Jun 1963 - 12 Dec 1964 (†1978) KANU
Raila Amolo Odinga 17 Apr 2008 - 9 Apr 2013 ODM
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Deputy Prime Ministers
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Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi 17 Apr 2008 - 9 Apr 2013 ODM, UDFP
Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta 17 Apr 2008 - 9 Apr 2013 KANU
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The KANU was founded on 14 May 1960 from the merger of Jomo Kenyatta's Kenya African Union (KAU), the Kenya Independent Movement (KIM) and Tom Mboya's People's Congress Party (PCP). In 1964 the party absorbed the Kenya African Democratic Union (KADU)..
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