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Daniel arap Moi

1924 - 2020

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Daniel Toroitich arap Moi ( MOH-ee; 2 September 1924 – 4 February 2020) was a Kenyan politician who served as the second president of Kenya from 1978 to 2002. He is the country's longest-serving president to date. Moi previously served as the third vice president of Kenya from 1967 to 1978 under President Jomo Kenyatta, becoming the president following the latter's death. Born into the Tugen sub-group of the Kalenjin people in the Kenyan Rift Valley, Moi studied as a boy at the Africa Inland Mission school before training as a teacher at the Tambach teachers training college, working in that profession until 1955. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Daniel arap Moi is the 6,416th most popular politician (up from 6,856th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Kenya and the 3rd most popular Kenyan Politician.

Daniel arap moi is most famous for being the president of Kenya from 1978 to 2002.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Daniel arap Moi ranks 6,416 out of 19,576. Before him are Nouhak Phoumsavanh, Pentawer, Juan Prim, 1st Count of Reus, Reccared II, Prisca, and Tukulti-Ninurta II. After him are Vladko Maček, Georg Ebers, Al-Mughira, Princess Maria Anna of Hesse-Homburg, Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, and Emperor Duzong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Daniel arap Moi ranks 101. Before him are Maria Riva, Madame Nhu, Alexander Haig, Rikidōzan, Katy Jurado, and Stanley Donen. After him are Ottmar Walter, Lee Iacocca, Tengiz Abuladze, Israel Tal, Edwin Ernest Salpeter, and Pat Hingle. Among people deceased in 2020, Daniel arap Moi ranks 117. Before him are Jerry Stiller, George Blake, MF Doom, Kenzō Takada, Wim Suurbier, and Manu Dibango. After him are Claude Brasseur, Ulay, Otto Barić, James Randi, Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, and Honor Blackman.

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In Kenya

Among people born in Kenya, Daniel arap Moi ranks 7 out of 150. Before him are Wangari Maathai (1940), Richard Dawkins (1941), Barack Obama Sr. (1936), Jomo Kenyatta (1893), Louis Leakey (1903), and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (1938). After him are Roger Whittaker (1936), Mwai Kibaki (1931), Richard Leakey (1944), John Njue (1944), Kipchoge Keino (1940), and Deep Roy (1949).

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Among POLITICIANS In Kenya

Among politicians born in Kenya, Daniel arap Moi ranks 3. Before him are Wangari Maathai (1940), and Jomo Kenyatta (1893). After him are Mwai Kibaki (1931), Uhuru Kenyatta (1961), William Ruto (1966), Raila Odinga (1945), Jaramogi Oginga Odinga (1911), Tom Mboya (1930), Amina Mohamed (1961), and Peres Jepchirchir (1993).

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