William Ruto
1966 – ? Kenyan politician, Deputy President of Kenya 2013-2022, President of Kenya from 2022
Kenyan politician who allied with Uhuru Kenyatta through Jubilee, served as deputy president, broke with him after the handshake, and succeeded him in 2022.
- Affiliations
- KANU; ODM; URP; Jubilee Party; United Democratic Alliance; Kenya Kwanza
Connections
- rival of Raila Odinga — Ruto defeated Raila Odinga in the 2022 presidential election.
- ally of Uhuru Kenyatta — Uhuru and Ruto built Jubilee together and governed as president and deputy president before their post-handshake split.
- successor of Uhuru Kenyatta — Ruto succeeded Uhuru as president in 2022 after defeating the Azimio ticket.
In the timeline
- 2007 The 2007-08 post-election violence later ICC suspect
- 2009 Kofi Annan hands the Waki envelope to the ICC prosecutor mentioned
- 2010 The ICC cases against Kenyatta and Ruto collapse mentioned
- 2010 ICC prosecutor names Uhuru and Ruto among the Ocampo Six named suspect
- 2012 TNA and URP forge the Jubilee Alliance URP leader
- 2013 Uhuru wins the 2013 presidential election under ICC cloud deputy president-elect
- 2013 Jubilee uses Christian peace and born-again election language running mate
- 2016 Uhuru folds the governing coalition into Jubilee Party deputy and URP leader
- 2018 Uhuru and Raila shake hands at Harambee House sidelined deputy
- 2021 Courts stop the BBI constitutional project opponent
- 2022 Uhuru endorses Raila and turns the succession against Ruto estranged deputy
- 2022 Supreme Court upholds Rutos win over Azimio president-elect
- 2022 Uhuru hands the presidency to William Ruto incoming president
- 2024 William Ruto and the 2024 finance-bill protests president