Uhuru Kenyatta

Herausgegeben:Surhone, Lambert M.; Timpledon, Miriam T.; Marseken, Susan F.

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta (born October 26, 1961) is a Kenyan politician, currently serving as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance. He is the Chairman of Kenya African National Union (KANU), the former ruling party, which is currently part of the Party of National Unity (PNU). Nominated to Parliament in 2001, he became Minister for Local Government under President Daniel arap Moi and, despite his political inexperience, was favored by President Moi as his successor; Kenyatta ran as KANU''s candidate in the December 2002 presidential election, but lost to opposition candidate Mwai Kibaki by a large margin. He subsequently became Leader of the Opposition in Parliament. He backed Kibaki for re-election in the December 2007 presidential election and was named Minister of Local Government by Kibaki in January 2008, before becoming Deputy Prime Ministerand Minister of Trade in April 2008 as part of a coalition government. He is the son of Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya''s first president (1964 1978). His name, Uhuru, is Swahili for "freedom".

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• Verlag: Betascript Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 120
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm
• ISBN-13: 9786131032912
• ISBN-10: 6131032912
• Artikelnr.: 29871543