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President of Senegal

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{{Short description|Head of state and government of Senegal}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox official post
| post = President
| body = the Republic of Senegal ''Président de la République du Sénégal''
| insignia = Coat of arms of Senegal.svg
| insigniasize =
| insigniacaption = [[Coat of arms of Senegal|Coat of Arms of Senegal]]
| image = Bassirou Diomaye Faye - 2024 (cropped).jpg
| imagesize = 165px
| incumbent = [[Bassirou Diomaye Faye]]
| incumbentsince = 2 April 2024
| style =
| residence = [[Palace of the Republic, Dakar]]
| appointer =
| termlength = Five years,
| termlength_qualified = renewable once
| constituting_instrument = [[Constitution of Senegal]] (2001)
| formation = {{start date and age|df=y|1960|9|6}}
| succession =
| inaugural = [[Léopold Sédar Senghor]]
| deputy =
| salary = 9,278,556 [[West African CFA franc]]s annually<ref name="africabusinessdaily">{{cite web|url=https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/news/The-highest-and-lowest-paid-African-presidents/539546-4129430-cbmf8iz/index.html|title=The highest and lowest paid African presidents – Business Daily|date=27 December 2020 |publisher=Business Daily}}</ref>
| website = [https://www.presidence.sn/en/ presidence.sn]
}}
{{Politics of Senegal}}

The '''president of Senegal''' ({{langx|fr|Président du Sénégal}}) is the [[head of state]] of [[Senegal]]. In accordance with the [[2001 Senegalese constitutional referendum|constitutional reform of 2001]] and since a [[2016 Senegalese constitutional referendum|referendum that took place on 20 March 2016]], the president is elected for a 5-year term, with a limit of two consecutive terms. The following is a list of presidents of Senegal, since the country gained independence from [[France]] in 1960.

==Election process==
{{expand section|date=April 2024}}

===Inauguration===
The Senegalese Constitution provides the following oath for the president which must be taken before they enter into office:

{{blockquote|text="I swear, before God and the people of Senegal, to faithfully execute the office of president of the republic of Senegal, to keep the provisions of the Constitution and laws and to ensure their observance, to devote all my strength to defending constitutional institutions, to defend Senegal's territorial integrity and its independence, and [I swear] to spare no effort to realize the unity of Africa".<ref>{{cite web |title=Senegal: All you need to know about the Apr 2nd presidential inauguration |url=https://www.africanews.com/2024/04/02/senegal-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-apr-2nd-presidential-inauguration/ |website=Africanews |access-date=2 April 2024 }}</ref>}}

==Term==
===Term duration===
In 1991, presidential term lengths were extended from five to seven years.<ref>''Human Rights in Developing Countries Yearbook 1997'', page 276.</ref>

In January 2001, during [[Abdoulaye Wade]]'s first term, a [[2001 Senegalese constitutional referendum|constitutional referendum]] reduced the presidential term back to five years.<ref>{{cite web |title=Elections in Senegal |url=https://africanelections.tripod.com/sn.html#2001_Constitutional_Referendum |website=africanelections.tripod.com |publisher=African Elections Database |access-date=10 June 2023 |quote = Main Points: Reduction of Presidential term from 7 to 5 years }}</ref>

In July 2008, during Wade's second term, the [[National Assembly (Senegal)|National Assembly]] approved a constitutional amendment increasing the length of the presidential term back to seven years, as it was prior to the adoption of the 2001 constitution. This extension did not apply to [[Abdoulaye Wade]]'s 2007–2012 term.<ref name="afrol.com">{{cite news |title=afrol News – Senegal approves presidential term extension |url=http://www.afrol.com/articles/30051 |access-date=10 June 2023 |work=www.afrol.com |publisher=afrol News |date=July 30, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081209103312/http://www.afrol.com/articles/30051 |archive-date=9 December 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Titre III : Du Président de la République |url=http://www.gouv.sn/spip.php?article795 |publisher=Gouvernement du Sénégal |access-date=10 June 2023 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303150506/http://www.gouv.sn/spip.php?article795 |archive-date=3 March 2012}}</ref>

In 2016, during [[Macky Sall]]'s first term, per another [[2016 Senegalese constitutional referendum|constitutional referendum]], the length of the presidential term was decreased back to five years. The amendments were adopted in constitutional law № 2016-10.<ref>{{cite web
|author1=Macky SALL |author1-link=Macky Sall
|author2=Mahammed Boun Abdallah DIONNE |author2-link=Mahammed Dionne
|language=fr
|title=Loi constitutionnelle n° 2016-10 du 05 avril 2016 portant révision de la Constitution |url=http://www.jo.gouv.sn/spip.php?page=imprimer&id_article=10799|publisher=JOURNAL OFFICIEL DU SENEGAL
|quote= Article 27. – La durée du mandat du Président de la République est de cinq ans.
|date=5 April 2016
|access-date=10 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180331165310/http://www.jo.gouv.sn/spip.php?page=imprimer&id_article=10799 |archive-date=31 March 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news
|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-35885465 |url-status=live |access-date=10 June 2023
|title=Senegal referendum approves shorter presidential terms |publisher=BBC News |date=23 March 2016
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324064815/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-35885465 |archive-date=24 March 2016
}}</ref>

===Term limits===
As of 2021, there is a two-term limit for the president in the [[Constitution of Senegal]]. Abdoulaye Wade was controversially allowed to run for president in 2012 following the 2008 constitutional amendment, but lost re-election to Macky Sall.<ref name="termlimits">{{cite web |last1=Cook |first1=Candace |last2=Siegle |first2=Joseph |title=Circumvention of Term Limits Weakens Governance in Africa |url=https://africacenter.org/spotlight/circumvention-of-term-limits-weakens-governance-in-africa/ |website=Africa Center for Strategic Studies}}</ref>

==Privileges==
===Buildings===
[[File:Palais présidentiel à Dakar - 2.JPG|thumb|Palace of the Republic]]
The Palace of the Republic ({{langx|fr|Palais de la République}}) is the presidential residence, located in Dakar in the Plateau district. After having been the official residence of the [[List of Governors-General of French West Africa|Governor-General of French West Africa]]. The construction of the palace in its first state was ordered in 1902 by [[Gaston Doumergue]], [[Minister of the Overseas|Minister of the Colonies]], to house in the capital the Governor General of French West Africa who was then residing in [[Saint-Louis, Senegal|Saint-Louis]]. The architect was Henri Deglane.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Palais Présidentiel / Sénégal |url=https://www.au-senegal.com/palais-presidentiel,2920.html?lang=fr |access-date=2023-06-18 |website=www.au-senegal.com}}</ref>

==List of officeholders==
;Political parties
{{legend|{{party color|Socialist Party of Senegal}}|[[Socialist Party of Senegal]] (PSS)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|Senegalese Democratic Party}}|[[Senegalese Democratic Party]] (PDS)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|Alliance for the Republic (Senegal)}}|[[Alliance for the Republic (Senegal)|Alliance for the Republic]] (APR)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|PASTEF}}|[[PASTEF|African Patriots of Senegal for Work, Ethics and Fraternity]] (PASTEF)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

;Symbols
{{note label|§|§|§}} Elected unopposed
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! rowspan="2" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" |Name {{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! rowspan="2" |Elected
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" |Political party
! rowspan="2" |[[Prime Minister of Senegal|Prime minister(s)]]
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
! style="background-color:{{party color|Socialist Party of Senegal}}; color:white;"| 1
| [[File:UNESCO History, Visite de S. Exc. M. Léopold Sedar Senghor, Président de la République du Sénégal - UNESCO - PHOTO0000002688 0001 (cropped).tiff|100px]]
| [[Léopold Sédar Senghor]] {{small|(1906–2001)}}
| {{Text|[[1960 Senegalese general election|1960]]{{ref label|§|§|§}}}} {{Text|[[1963 Senegalese general election|1963]]{{ref label|§|§|§}}}} {{Text|[[1968 Senegalese general election|1968]]{{ref label|§|§|§}}}} {{Text|[[1973 Senegalese general election|1973]]{{ref label|§|§|§}}}} [[1978 Senegalese general election|1978]]
| 6 September 1960
| 31 December 1980
| {{ayd|1960|09|06|1980|12|31}}
| [[Socialist Party of Senegal|PSS]]
| [[Mamadou Dia]] [[Abdou Diouf]]
|-
! style="background-color:{{party color|Socialist Party of Senegal}}; color:white;"| 2
| [[File:Abdou Diouf.jpg|100px]]
| [[Abdou Diouf]] {{small|(born 1935)}}
| [[1983 Senegalese general election|1983]] [[1988 Senegalese general election|1988]] [[1993 Senegalese presidential election|1993]]
| 1 January 1981
| 1 April 2000
| {{ayd|1981|01|01|2000|04|01}}
| [[Socialist Party of Senegal|PSS]]
| [[Habib Thiam]] [[Moustapha Niasse]] [[Habib Thiam]] [[Mamadou Lamine Loum]]
|-
! style="background-color:{{party color|Senegalese Democratic Party}}; color:white;"| 3
| [[File:Abdoulaye Wade (headshot).jpg|100px]]
| [[Abdoulaye Wade]] {{small|(born 1926)}}
| [[2000 Senegalese presidential election|2000]] [[2007 Senegalese presidential election|2007]]
| 1 April 2000
| 2 April 2012
| {{ayd|2000|04|01|2012|04|02}}
| [[Senegalese Democratic Party|PDS]]
| [[Moustapha Niasse]] [[Mame Madior Boye]] [[Idrissa Seck]] [[Macky Sall]] [[Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré]] [[Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye]]
|-
! style="background-color:{{party color|Alliance for the Republic (Senegal)}}; color:white;"| 4
| [[File:President Macky Sall of Senegal, speaking at the UK-Africa Investment Summit in London, 20 January 2020 (cropped).jpg|100px]]
| [[Macky Sall]] {{small|(born 1961)}}
| [[2012 Senegalese presidential election|2012]] [[2019 Senegalese presidential election|2019]]
| 2 April 2012
| 2 April 2024
| {{age in years and months|2012|04|02|2024|04|02}}
| [[Alliance for the Republic (Senegal)|APR]]
| [[Abdoul Mbaye]] [[Aminata Touré (Senegalese politician)|Aminata Touré]] [[Mohamed Dionne]] [[Amadou Ba (politician, born 1961)|Amadou Ba]] [[Sidiki Kaba]]
|-
! style="background-color:{{party color|PASTEF}}; color:white;"| 5
| [[File:Bassirou Diomaye Faye - 2024 (cropped).jpg|149x149px]]
| [[Bassirou Diomaye Faye]] {{small|(born 1980)}}
| [[2024 Senegalese presidential election|2024]]
| 2 April 2024
| ''Incumbent''
| {{ayd|2024|04|02}}
| [[PASTEF]]
| [[Sidiki Kaba]] [[Ousmane Sonko]]
|}

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==Latest election==
{{main|2024 Senegalese presidential election}}

==See also==
* [[Politics of Senegal]]
* [[Prime Minister of Senegal]]
* [[First Lady of Senegal]]
* [[List of colonial governors of Senegal]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Senegal.html World Statesmen – Senegal]

{{Presidents of Senegal}}
{{Senegal topics}}
{{Heads of state and government of Africa}}

[[Category:Presidents of Senegal| ]]
[[Category:Government of Senegal]]
[[Category:Political office-holders in Senegal|Presidents]]
[[Category:1960 establishments in Senegal]]

List of heads of state of Kenya

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{{Short description|none}}
{{Use Kenyan English|date=August 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Politics of Kenya}}

This is a list of the '''heads of state of Kenya''', from the independence of [[Kenya]] in 1963 to the present day.

From 1963 to 1964 the head of state under the [[Constitution of Kenya|Constitution]] of 1963 was the [[queen of Kenya]], [[Elizabeth II]], who was also the [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|queen of the United Kingdom]] and the other [[Commonwealth realm]]s. The monarch was represented in Kenya by a governor-general. Kenya became a [[Republics in the Commonwealth of Nations|republic within the Commonwealth]] under a 1964 constitutional amendment and the monarch, governor-general and prime minister were replaced by an executive [[President of Kenya|president]].

==Monarch (1963–1964)==
The succession to the throne was the same as the [[succession to the British throne]].
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%;text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" |{{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! rowspan="2" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" |Name {{small|(birth–death)}}
! colspan="3" |Reign
! rowspan="2" |Royal House
! rowspan="2" |[[Prime Minister of Kenya|Prime minister(s)]]
|-
! Reign start
! Reign end
! Duration
|-
! 1
| [[File:Queen Elizabeth II official portrait for 1959 tour (retouched) (cropped) (3-to-4 aspect ratio).jpg|100px]]
| Queen [[Elizabeth II]] {{small|(1926–2022)}}
| {{nowrap|12 December}} 1963
| {{nowrap|12 December}} 1964
| {{age in years|1963|12|12|1964|12|12}} year
| [[House of Windsor|Windsor]]
| [[Jomo Kenyatta|Kenyatta]]
|}

===Governor-general===
The governor-general was the representative of the monarch in Kenya and exercised most of the powers of the monarch. The governor-general was appointed for an indefinite term, serving at the pleasure of the monarch. Since Kenya was granted independence by the Kenya Independence Act 1963, rather than being first established as a semi-autonomous [[dominion]] and later promoted to independence as defined by the [[Statute of Westminster 1931]], the governor-general was to be always appointed solely on the advice of the [[Cabinet of Kenya]] without the involvement of the British government. As Kenya became a republic before Malcolm MacDonald, the former colonial governor, was replaced, this has never happened. In the event of a vacancy the [[Chief Justice of Kenya|chief justice]] would have served as the [[Administrator of the Government|officer administering the government]].

;Status
{{legend|#E6E6AA|Denotes Chief Justice acting as Officer Administering the Government}}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%;text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" |{{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! rowspan="2" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" |Name {{small|(birth–death)}}
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" |Monarch
! rowspan="2" |[[Prime Minister of Kenya|Prime minister]]
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
! 1
| [[File:Malcolmmacdonald.jpg|100px]]
| [[Malcolm MacDonald]] {{small|(1901–1981)}}
| {{nowrap|12 December}} 1963
| {{nowrap|12 December}} 1964
| {{age in years|1963|12|12|1964|12|12}} year
| Elizabeth II
| [[Jomo Kenyatta|Kenyatta]]
|}

==Republic (1964–current)==
Under the 1964 Constitutional Amendment establishing the Republic of Kenya, the president replaced the monarch as head of state and the prime minister as chief executive. The president was initially elected by the [[House of Representatives of Kenya]], and, after the merger of the House of Representatives and [[Senate of Kenya|Senate]] into a [[unicameral]] [[National Assembly of Kenya|National Assembly]], by the National Assembly, for a five-year term. In the event of a vacancy the [[Deputy President of Kenya|vice-president]] would have served as [[acting (law)|acting]] president for 90 days until new elections were held.

Following the enactment of the 1969 Constitution of Kenya, the system of election by the National Assembly was replaced by direct elections under a [[first-past-the-post]] system, yet true [[separation of powers]] was still not established; the president had to also be elected as an MP and he had to appoint ministers from among MPs, the president was still able to dissolve the National Assembly, and the Assembly was still able to declare no confidence in the ministers. Additionally, until the first multiparty elections in 1992, only one candidate - that of the Kenya African National Union - was nominated and automatically declared winner of the elections without voting actually being held.

With the enactment of the 2010 Constitution, Kenya's current, the first-past-the-post system was replaced in presidential elections in favor of a [[two-round system]], the post of vice-president was renamed deputy president and was made to automatically succeed to the presidency in case of a vacancy for the remainder of the term in a full, not merely acting, capacity, and the requirement of the president, DP, and ministers to also be MPs was abolished, finally establishing separation of powers between the executive and legislature.

; Political parties

{{legend|#FF0000|[[Kenya African National Union]] (KANU)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend|#1889C7|[[National Rainbow Coalition]] (NARC)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend|#5D76CB|[[Party of National Unity (Kenya)|Party of National Unity]] (PNU)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend|#FF0000|[[The National Alliance]] (TNA)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend|#FF0000|[[Jubilee Party]] (Jubilee)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend|{{party color|United Democratic Front (Malawi)}}|[[United Democratic Alliance (Kenya)|United Democratic Alliance]] (UDA)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
; Status
{{legend|#E6E6AA|Denotes acting president}}

; Symbols

{{note label|†|†|†}} Died in office

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|-
! rowspan="2" |{{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! rowspan="2" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" |Name {{small|(birth–death)}}
! rowspan="2" |Elected
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" style="width: 120pt;" |Political party
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="width: 100pt;" |Vice president {{small|(1964–2013)}} Deputy president {{small|(since 2013)}}
|-
! style="width: 100pt;" |Took office
! style="width: 100pt;" |Left office
! style="width: 100pt;" |Time in office
|-
! rowspan="5" style="background:{{party color|Kenya African National Union}}; color:white;" | 1
| rowspan="5" | [[File:Jomo Kenyatta.jpg|100px]]
| rowspan="5" | [[Jomo Kenyatta]] {{small|(1897–1978)}}
| rowspan="3" | —
| rowspan="5" | 12 December 1964
| rowspan="5" | 22 August 1978{{ref label|†|†|†}}
| rowspan="5" | {{ayd|1964|12|12|1978|8|22}}
| rowspan="5" | [[Kenya African National Union|KANU]]
! style="background:{{party color|Kenya African National Union}}" |
| [[Jaramogi Oginga Odinga]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Kenya African National Union}}" |
| [[Joseph Murumbi]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="background:{{party color|Kenya African National Union}}" |
| rowspan="4" | [[Daniel arap Moi]]
|-
| [[1969 Kenyan general election|1969]]
|-
| [[1974 Kenyan general election|1974]]
|-
! rowspan="11" style="background:{{party color|Kenya African National Union}}; color:white;" | 2
| rowspan="11" | [[File:Daniel arap Moi 1979b.jpg|100px]]
| rowspan="11" | [[Daniel arap Moi]] {{small|(1924–2020)}}
|—
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" | 22 August 1978
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" | 8 November 1978
| rowspan="11" | {{ayd|1978|8|22|2002|12|30}}
| rowspan="11" |[[Kenya African National Union|KANU]]
|-
| [[1978 Kenyan presidential election|1978]]
| rowspan="10" | 8 November 1978
| rowspan="10" | 30 December 2002
! rowspan="3" style="background:{{party color|Kenya African National Union}}" |
| rowspan="3" | [[Mwai Kibaki]]
|-
| [[1979 Kenyan general election|1979]]
|-
| [[1983 Kenyan general election|1983]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[1988 Kenyan general election|1988]]
! rowspan="1" style="background:{{party color|Kenya African National Union}}" |
| rowspan="1" | [[Josephat Karanja]]
|-
! rowspan="3" style="background:{{party color|Kenya African National Union}}" |
| rowspan="3" | [[George Saitoti]]
|-
| [[1992 Kenyan general election|1992]]
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[1997 Kenyan general election|1997]]
|-
| colspan="2" rowspan="1" | Vacant
|-
! rowspan="1" style="background:{{party color|Kenya African National Union}}" |
| rowspan="1" | [[George Saitoti]]
|-
! rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Kenya African National Union}}" |
| rowspan="2" | [[Musalia Mudavadi]]
|-
! rowspan="3" style="background:{{party color|National Rainbow Coalition}}; color:white;" | 3
| rowspan="5" | [[File:Mwai Kibaki (cropped).jpg|100px]]
| rowspan="5" | [[Mwai Kibaki]] {{small|(1931–2022)}}
| rowspan="3" | [[2002 Kenyan general election|2002]]
| rowspan="5" | 30 December 2002
| rowspan="5" | 9 April 2013
| rowspan="5" | {{ayd|2002|12|30|2013|4|9}}
| rowspan="3" | [[National Rainbow Coalition|NARC]] {{small|(until 2007)}}
|-
! rowspan="1" style="background:{{party color|National Rainbow Coalition}}" |
| rowspan="1" | [[Michael Kijana Wamalwa]]
|-
! rowspan="1" style="background:{{party color|National Rainbow Coalition}}" |
| rowspan="2" | [[Moody Awori]]
|-
! rowspan="2" style="background:#5D76CB | (3)
| rowspan="2" | [[2007 Kenyan general election|2007]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Party of National Unity (Kenya)|PNU]]
! rowspan="1" style="background:#5D76CB" |
|-
! rowspan="1" style="background:{{party color|Wiper Democratic Movement – Kenya}}" |
| rowspan="1" | [[Kalonzo Musyoka]]
|-
! rowspan="2" style="background:#F5051c; color:white;" | 4
| rowspan="2" | [[File:2017 22 Inauguration Ceremony -21 (32236367533) (cropped).jpg|100px]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Uhuru Kenyatta]] {{small|(born 1961)}}
| [[2013 Kenyan general election|2013]]
| rowspan="2" | 9 April 2013
| rowspan="2" | 13 September 2022
| rowspan="2" | {{ayd|2013|4|9|2022|9|13}}
| rowspan="1" | [[The National Alliance|TNA]] {{small|(until Sept. 2016)}}
! rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Jubilee Party}}" |
| rowspan="2" | [[William Ruto]]
|-
| [[October 2017 Kenyan presidential election|2017]]
| rowspan="1" | [[Jubilee Party|Jubilee]]
|-
! rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Alliance (Kenya)}}; color:black;" | 5
| rowspan="2" | [[File:President Ruto Potrait 2022 (cropped).jpg|100px]]
| rowspan="2" | [[William Ruto]] {{small|(born 1966)}}
| rowspan="2" | [[2022 Kenyan general election|2022]]
| rowspan="2" | 13 September 2022
| rowspan="2" | Incumbent
| rowspan="2" | {{ayd|2022|9|13}}
| rowspan="2" | [[United Democratic Alliance (Kenya)|UDA]]
! rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Alliance (Kenya)}}" |
| [[Rigathi Gachagua]]
|-
| [[Kithure Kindiki]]
|}

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id:gray1 value:gray(0.85)
id:gray2 value:gray(0.95)

DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy
Period = from:01/01/1964 till:$today
TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal
ScaleMajor = gridcolor:gray1 unit:year increment:5 start:1965
ScaleMinor = gridcolor:gray2 unit:year increment:1 start:1964

Legend = columns:1 left:150 top:35 columnwidth:170

TextData =
pos:(20,38) textcolor:black fontsize:M
text:"Political party:"

BarData =
bar:JKenyatta
bar:arapMoi
bar:Kibaki
bar:UKenyatta
bar:Ruto

PlotData =
width:5 align:left fontsize:9 shift:(5,-4) anchor:till

bar:JKenyatta
from: 12/12/1964 till: 22/08/1978 color:kanu text:"[[Jomo Kenyatta]]"
bar:arapMoi
from: 22/08/1978 till: 30/12/2002 color:kanu text:"[[Daniel arap Moi]]"
bar:Kibaki
from: 30/12/2002 till: 16/09/2007 color:narc
from: 16/09/2007 till: 09/04/2013 color:pnu text:"[[Mwai Kibaki]]"
bar:UKenyatta
from: 09/04/2013 till: 07/09/2016 color:tna
from: 07/09/2016 till: 13/09/2022 color:jubilee text:"[[Uhuru Kenyatta]]"
bar:Ruto
from: 13/09/2022 till: $today color:uda text:"[[William Ruto]]"

}}

==Standards==
<gallery class="center">
File:Flag of the Governor-General of Kenya (1963–1964).svg|Governor-General's Standard
File:Kenya presidential standard JOMO KENYATTA.svg|Presidential Standard of Jomo Kenyatta
File:Kenya presidential standard DANIEL ARAP MOI.svg|Presidential Standard of Daniel Arap Moi
File:Kenya presidential standard MWAI KIBAKI.svg|Presidential Standard of Mwai Kibaki
File:Kenya presidential standard UHURU KENYATTA.svg|Presidential Standard of Uhuru Kenyatta
File:Kenya Presidential Standard.svg|Presidential Standard of William Ruto – current
</gallery>

==External links==
{{reflist}}

*[http://rulers.org/ruljk.html#kenya Rulers.org – Kenya]
{{Heads of State of Kenya}}{{Kenya topics}}
{{Representatives of the monarch in Commonwealth realms and Dominions}}

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[[Category:Lists of political office-holders in Kenya|H]]
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[[Category:Lists of heads of state|Kenya]]