Ruler · 1893 – 1978

Jomo Kenyatta

Lived 1893 – 1978; politician. President of Kenya (Kenya), 1964 – 1978.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1893 – 1978; 85 years
In office: 14 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Kenya
Left it: died in office; Wikidata's manner of death

President of Kenya

Kenya · the 1st of 5 dated reigns · 1964 – 2022

Jomo Kenyatta1964 – 1978

Daniel arap Moi1978 – 2002

Mwai Kibaki2002 – 2013

Uhuru Kenyatta2013 – 2022

1 after

died in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 1964 – 1978 · 14 years · came to it aged 71

Left it: died in officeWikidata's manner of death: natural causes; myocardial infarction

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