Daniel arap Moi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Daniel arap Moi

Kenyan President (2nd)

Date of Birth: 02-Sep-1924

Place of Birth: Sacho, Rift Valley Province, Kenya

Profession: politician

Nationality: Kenya

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Daniel arap Moi

  • Daniel Toroitich arap Moi ( MOH-ee) (born 2 September 1924) is a Kenyan politician who served as the second President of Kenya from 1978 to 2002.
  • He became president as a result of the death of the then president Mzee Jomo Kenyatta.
  • Through popular agitation and external pressures, he was forced to allow multiparty elections in 1991; he led his party, KANU, to victory in the 1992 and 1997 elections.
  • Prior to becoming President, he served as the third Vice President of Kenya from 1967 to 1978.Moi is popularly known to Kenyans as Nyayo, a Swahili word for "footsteps", as he often said he was following in the footsteps of the first President, Jomo Kenyatta.
  • He also earned the sobriquet "Professor of Politics" due to his long rule of 24 years, the longest in Kenyan history to date.
  • At 95, he is currently the oldest living former Kenyan president.

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