Kenyan economist and politician, 3rd President of Kenya (died 2022)

Mwai Kibaki

Emilio Stanley Mwai Kibaki was a Kenyan politician who served as the third President of Kenya from December 2002 until April 2013. He served in various leadership positions in Kenya's government including being the longest serving Member of Parliament (MP) in Kenya from 1963 to 2013. He was the fourth Vice-President of Kenya for ten years from 1978 to 1988 under President Daniel arap Moi. He also held cabinet ministerial positions in the Jomo Kenyatta and Daniel arap Moi governments, including as minister for Finance (1969–1981) under Kenyatta, and Minister for Home Affairs (1982–1988) and Minister for Health (1988–1991) under Moi.

Born

1931

November 15

Died

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1930s

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1532 Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire: Commanded by Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conquistadors under Hernando de Soto meet Incan Emperor Atahualpa for the first time outside Cajamarca, arranging for a meeting in the city plaza the following day.
1533 Francisco Pizarro arrives in Cuzco, the capital of the Inca Empire.

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april 14 The Second Spanish Republic is proclaimed and King Alfonso XIII goes into exile. Meanwhile, in Barcelona, Francesc Macià proclaims the Catalan Republic.
april 17 After negotiations between Catalan and Spanish provisional governments, the Catalan Republic proclaimed in April 14 becomes the Generalitat de Catalunya, the autonomous government of Catalonia within the Spanish Republic.
august 24 Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.
august 5 Judge and Nazi Party member Werner Best drews the Boxheim Documents, which described a violent takeover of the government by the NSDAP.

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Aneurin Bevan 1897–1960 Welsh-English politician, Secretary of State for Health (born 1897) Cornelia Sorabji 1866–1954 Indian lawyer, social reformer and writer (born 1866) Cynthia Breazeal 1967– American computer scientist, roboticist, and academic Eleanor of Austria 1498– queen of Portugal and France (died 1558) Francesco Rosi 1922–2015 Italian director and screenwriter (born 1922) Georgia O'Keeffe 1887–1986 American painter (born 1887) J. G. Ballard 1930–2009 English novelist, short story writer, and essayist (born 1930) Jonny Lee Miller 1972– English-American actor José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi 1776– Mexican journalist and author (died 1827)

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