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POLITICIAN

Daniel arap Moi

1924 - 2020

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Daniel Toroitich arap Moi ( MOH-ee; 2 September 1924 – 4 February 2020) was a Kenyan politician who served as the second president of Kenya from 1978 to 2002. He is the country's longest-serving president to date. Moi previously served as the third vice president of Kenya from 1967 to 1978 under President Jomo Kenyatta, becoming the president following the latter's death.Born into the Tugen sub-group of the Kalenjin people in the Kenyan Rift Valley, Moi studied as a boy at the Africa Inland Mission school before training as a teacher at the Tambach teachers training college, working in that profession until 1955. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Daniel arap Moi has received more than 1,501,397 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia. Daniel arap Moi is the 6,925th most popular politician (down from 3,980th in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Kenya (down from 5th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Kenyan Politician.

Daniel arap moi is most famous for being the president of Kenya from 1978 to 2002.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Daniel arap Moi ranks 6,925 out of 15,577Before him are Michael I Apafi, Edward the Exile, Friedrich Kellner, Herman VI, Margrave of Baden, Kais Saied, and Stefan Radoslav. After him are Devlet Bahçeli, Alyattes of Lydia, Yōsuke Matsuoka, Duke Alexander of Württemberg, Rajaraja I, and Jo Gwang-jo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Daniel arap Moi ranks 112Before him are Geraldine Page, Maria Riva, Tatiana Nikolayeva, Charlie Munger, Bud Powell, and Danielle Mitterrand. After him are Walter Gotell, Rik Van Steenbergen, Marina Berti, Richard Bull, Paisios of Mount Athos, and Dawda Jawara. Among people deceased in 2020, Daniel arap Moi ranks 122Before him are Miloš Jakeš, Alejandro Sabella, Wim Suurbier, Bill Gates Sr., Jean Kennedy Smith, and Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi. After him are Shin Kyuk-ho, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, Gene Deitch, Mory Kanté, Dana Zátopková, and Otto Barić.

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In Kenya

Among people born in Kenya, Daniel arap Moi ranks 9 out of 140Before him are Barack Obama Sr. (1936), Jomo Kenyatta (1893), Louis Leakey (1903), Richard Leakey (1944), Roger Whittaker (1936), and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (1938). After him are Deep Roy (1949), Mwai Kibaki (1931), Eliud Kipchoge (1984), Uhuru Kenyatta (1961), Philippa Gregory (1954), and Kipchoge Keino (1940).

Among POLITICIANS In Kenya

Among politicians born in Kenya, Daniel arap Moi ranks 3Before him are Wangari Maathai (1940) and Jomo Kenyatta (1893). After him are Mwai Kibaki (1931), Uhuru Kenyatta (1961), Raila Odinga (1945), Tom Mboya (1930), Amina Mohamed (1961), and Peres Jepchirchir (1993).