Emilio Stanley Mwai Kibaki better known as Mwai Kibaki, was a Kenyan politician who served as the third President of Kenya from December 2002 until April 2013.
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Mwai Kibaki had previously served as the fourth Vice-President of Kenya for ten years from 1978 to 1988 under President Daniel arap Moi.
Mwai Kibaki 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.
Mwai Kibaki served as an opposition Member of Parliament from 1992 to 2002 and unsuccessfully vied for the presidency in 1992 and 1997.
Mwai Kibaki served as the Leader of the Official Opposition in Parliament from 1998 to 2002.
In the 2002 presidential election, Mwai Kibaki was elected as President of Kenya.
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Mwai Kibaki held on to power albeit illegally at some point until 2013 when he looked quite weary and maybe, had no strength left in him to hold on to power.
A proud looking but rather worn President Kibaki handed over the Kenyan presidency to his successor, Uhuru Kenyatta, on 9 April 2013 at a public inauguration ceremony held at Kenya’s largest stadium.
The handover marked the end of his presidency and of his 50 years of public service.
For his personal life, Mwai Kibaki was married to Lucy Muthoni from 1961 until her death in 2016 and they had four children:
Judy Wanjiku, Jimmy Kibaki, David Kagai, and Tony Githinji.
Mwai Kibaki’s son, Jimmy Kibaki has so far had unsuccessful plans to be his father’s political heir.
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