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Jomo Kenyatta

1893 - 1978

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Jomo Kenyatta (c. 1897 – 22 August 1978) was a Kenyan anti-colonial activist and politician who governed Kenya as its Prime Minister from 1963 to 1964 and then as its first President from 1964 to his death in 1978. He played a significant role in the transformation of Kenya from a colony of the British Empire into an independent republic. Ideologically an African nationalist and a conservative, he led the Kenya African National Union (KANU) party from 1961 until his death. Kenyatta was born to Kikuyu farmers in Kiambu, British East Africa. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jomo Kenyatta is the 2,763rd most popular politician (up from 3,511th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Kenya (up from 5th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Kenyan Politician.

Jomo Kenyatta was a Kenyan nationalist and the first president of Kenya. He was a founding member of the Kenya African National Union (KANU) and served as the party's chairman from 1961 to 1978. In 1963, he was elected president of Kenya and was re-elected in 1966, becoming the first president of an independent Kenya.

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Among politicians, Jomo Kenyatta ranks 2,763 out of 19,576. Before him are Henry III of Castile, Kiro Gligorov, Princess Louise of Belgium, Marie François Sadi Carnot, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, and Crispus. After him are Houari Boumédiène, Louis I, Duke of Bourbon, Erich Koch, Ali al-Sistani, Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, and Ellac.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Jomo Kenyatta ranks 32. Before him are Palmiro Togliatti, Walter Baade, Prajadhipok, George Grosz, Damdin Sükhbaatar, and Omar Bradley. After him are Lillian Gish, J. G. Strijdom, Qazi Muhammad, Juana Bormann, Miroslav Krleža, and Andrés Segovia. Among people deceased in 1978, Jomo Kenyatta ranks 27. Before him are Margaret Mead, John Cazale, Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, Kurt Student, Ronnie Peterson, and Willy Messerschmitt. After him are Houari Boumédiène, Hasso von Manteuffel, Sisavang Vatthana, Charles Best, Harold Lasswell, and Jim Jones.

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In Kenya

Among people born in Kenya, Jomo Kenyatta ranks 4 out of 150. Before him are Wangari Maathai (1940), Richard Dawkins (1941), and Barack Obama Sr. (1936). After him are Louis Leakey (1903), Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (1938), Daniel arap Moi (1924), Roger Whittaker (1936), Mwai Kibaki (1931), Richard Leakey (1944), John Njue (1944), and Kipchoge Keino (1940).

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Among POLITICIANS In Kenya

Among politicians born in Kenya, Jomo Kenyatta ranks 2. Before him are Wangari Maathai (1940). After him are Daniel arap Moi (1924), 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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