Isaac Kiprono Ruto (born on 4 March 1959) is a Kenyan

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking ...

. He is the Chama Cha Mashinani Party leader. He was elected the first governor of Bomet County in 2013 Kenyan general elections. He hails from Tumoi, Sigor in Chepalungu constituency and studied

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at the

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. He is also a former chairman of the Council of Governors in

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Political career

Ruto joined active politics in the year 1997 and was elected as the

Chepalungu Constituency Chepalungu Constituency is an Constituencies of Kenya, electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of five constituencies of Bomet County. The constituency was established for the 1966 elections. Members of Parliament Wards See also * B ...

member of parliament through

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. In 1998, Ruto was appointed as assistant minister to the Ministry of Education, a position he served until 1999 when reappointed as an assistant minister to the Ministry of Agriculture. In 2001, President Moi appointed Ruto as Minister of Environment and Natural Resources. In 2002 Kenyan general elections Ruto was defeated by Ambassador John Koech as a member of parliament

. In 2007 general elections, Ruto was elected for a third consecutive term as the representative for his

on an

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ticket. In 2013 general elections, Ruto was elected Bomet County governor on the URP ticket under Jubilee Coalition. In April 2013, Ruto was elected the first chairman of the Council of Governors through consensus and vowed to fight for devolution. In 2017 he became leader of the Chama Cha Mashinani political party. In the year 2017 Ruto vied through Chama Cha Mashinani and lost his gubernatorial position during elections to the late Joyce Laboso who vied through Jubilee ticket.

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Living people County Governors of Kenya Members of the National Assembly (Kenya) 1967 births People from Uasin Gishu County {{Kenya-politician-stub