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Moi (name)
Moi is a human name, which has been used as both a surname and a given name. Given name * Moi Avei (born 1946), Papua New Guinean politician * Moi Gómez (born 1994), Spanish footballer * Moi Torrallardona (born 1966), Spanish off-road rally truck co-driver and navigator * Moi Ver (1904–1995), photographer and painter Surname * Daniel arap Moi (1924–2020), President of Kenya from 1978 to 2002 * Gideon Moi (born 1964), Kenyan politician and youngest son of Daniel arap Moi * Joey Moi, Canadian music producer * Toril Moi (born 1953), Duke University professor See also * Moy (surname) * Moye (name) {{given name, type=both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moi Avei
Moi Avei KBE (born 24 October 1946) is a Papua New Guinean politician. He was a member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea from 1992 to 2007, representing the Kairuku-Hiri electorate. He was Deputy Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea from 2004 to 2006 under Michael Somare. Avei was born in Boera village in Kairuku-Hiri District, and was educated at Ipswich Grammar School and the University of Queensland in Australia, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Social Work. He was variously PNG's Director of Child Welfare, a political advisor (at various times to Michael Somare, Akoka Doi, and the opposition as a whole), a businessman and a consultant before entering politics. Aside from his stint as Deputy Prime Minister, Avei also served in a number of ministerial portfolios, including Higher Education, Science and Technology, National Planning, Bougainville Affairs and Petroleum and Energy. In 2006 he was suspended over misconduct allegations. He later went on to a business ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moi Gómez
Moisés 'Moi' Gómez Bordonado (born 23 June 1994) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for La Liga club CA Osasuna. Club career Born in Rojales, Alicante, Valencian Community, Gómez began his career with local Alicante CF, finishing his youth career with neighbours Villarreal CF. On 30 April 2011, not yet aged 17, he made his senior debut for the club's B team, against Gimnàstic de Tarragona in the Segunda División. On 28 November 2011, Gómez played his first official game with the main squad – also his La Liga debut – coming on as a substitute for Jonathan de Guzmán in a 2–1 away defeat to Málaga CF. On 25 February of the following year he scored his first goal as a professional, helping to a 2–0 win at CD Guadalajara; both Villarreal teams, however, were relegated at the end of the season – the B's finished in 12th position, but were forced to drop down a level nonetheless. Gómez contributed 24 matches and one goal in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moi Torrallardona
Moisès "Moi" Torrallardona (born on 13 September 1966 at Castellfollit del Boix, Manresa) is a Spanish off-road rally truck co-driver and navigator. It took part in the Camel Trophy 1990, celebrated in Siberia, USSR, where he finished on 4th position with the Spanish team. Career Torrallardona has participated on several editions of the Dakar Rally, most of them accompanying the truck driver Pep Vila, achieving his best result in the 2009 Dakar Rally, when they finished on the 7th position in the trucks general classification. In 2010, since Vila decided not to participate in the Dakar, Torrallardona took the start in the rally on a new team, driving an Iveco truck of Gérard de Rooy, who did not compete because of an injury, together with the French pilot Joseph Adua and the Polish mechanic Darek Rodewald. They suffered three gearbox breakdowns, although they managed to continue on the roads and finish 3rd on four stages. They had to withdraw on 12th stage, while they were on 11 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moi Ver
Moshé Raviv-Vorobeichic, known as Moi Ver, born Moses Vorobeichic (1904–1995) was an Israeli photographer and painter. Life and work Moi Ver (Moshe Raviv) was born in 1904 in Vilnius, Lithuania as Moses Vorobeichic. He initially studied painting. In his early twenties he matriculated at the Bauhaus, taking courses with Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, and Josef Albers, and left from there to attend the Ecole Photo One in Paris. In his book ''Moi Ver: Paris'', he produced avant-garde photomontages. Originally published in 1931 by Editions Jeanne Walter with an introduction by futurist Fernand Léger. In 1932 Raviv was sent by the weekly '' La Vie Parisienne'' to Palestine as photo-reporter. Raviv illustrated many books. Raviv was a founder of the Artists' Colony in Safed. He adopted Zionism in 1934 and immigrated to what was then known as Palestine. Moshe Raviv-Vorobeichic (as he called himself in Israel) focused more on painting than photography and lived in Safed until his d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Arap Moi
Daniel Toroitich arap Moi ( ; 2 September 1924 – 4 February 2020) was a Kenyan politician who served as the second president of Kenya from 1978 to 2002. He was the country's longest-serving president. Moi previously served as the third vice president of Kenya from 1967 to 1978 under President Jomo Kenyatta, becoming 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. He then entered politics and was elected a member of the Legislative Council for Rift Valley. As independence approached, Moi joined the Kenyan delegation which travelled to London for the Lancaster House Conferences, where the country's first post-independence constitution was drafted. In 1960 he founded the Kenya African Democratic Union (KADU) as a rival party to Kenyatta's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gideon Moi
Gideon Kipsielei Towett Moi (born 22 October 1963) is a Kenyan politician and former senator of Baringo County, from 2013 to 2022. He was elected with a landslide win of over 80%, trouncing his opponent Jackson Kosgei. He is also the party leader of the Kenya African National Union (KANU), which for decades was the ruling party in Kenya. He is the youngest son of Kenya's second president, Daniel arap Moi, and Lena Moi. His siblings include; Phillip Moi, Jonathan Moi, John Mark Moi, Raymond Moi (former MP for Rongai), Jennifer Jemutai Kositany, Doris Moi, June Moi. Early life Gideon Moi has seven siblings, namely: Doris Moi, Jennifer Jemutai Kositany, June Moi, Raymond Moi, Jonathan Toroitich, Philip Moi, John Mark Moi and Lee Kinyanjui. Personal life Family Moi is married to Zahra Moi, with whom he has three children: Kimoi, Kigen and Lulu. Moi has played polo for the Gilgil-based Manyatta club. Uniquely for Kenyan politicians, Moi has managed to keep his personal life pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joey Moi
Joey Moi is a Canadian record producer, audio engineer, mixer, songwriter, and musician. He is known for his work with the rock groups Nickelback and My Darkest Days, and country music acts Chris Lane, Dallas Smith, Florida Georgia Line, Jake Owen and Morgan Wallen. Moi was born in Whitehorse, Yukon, spending his first three years in Dawson City before moving to Gambier Island, British Columbia in 1979, then to Tumbler Ridge when he was ten. After graduating from Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, he moved to Vancouver, to attend the Audio Engineering program at the Centre for Digital Imaging and Sound (CDIS). While attending engineering school at the Centre for Digital Imaging and Sound (now The Art Institute of Vancouver) in Vancouver, Moi began working with Nickelback on demos. Career In the early 2000s, Moi guided Nickelback through their 3× Platinum-certified 2003 release, ''The Long Road,'' and continued to collaborate and produce 4 of the bands’ studio albums which sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toril Moi
Toril Moi (born 28 November 1953 in Farsund, Norway) is James B. Duke Professor of Literature and Romance Studies and Professor of English, Philosophy and Theatre Studies at Duke University. Moi is also the Director of the Center for Philosophy, Arts, and Literature at Duke. As an undergraduate, she attended University of Bergen, where she studied in the Literature Department. Previously she held positions as a lecturer in French at the University of Oxford and as Director of the Center for Feminist Research at the University of Bergen, Norway. She lived in Oxford, United Kingdom from 1979 to 1989. Moi lives in North Carolina. She works on feminist theory and women's writing; on the intersections of literature, philosophy and aesthetics; and is fundamentally concerned with "finding ways of reading literature with philosophy and philosophy with literature without reducing the one to the other." In 2002, she was awarded an honorary degree, doctor philos. honoris causa, at the Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moy (surname)
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Moy is a surname which may refer to: *Hendrik de Moy (1534–1610), Secretary *Mei Bo (sometimes ''Moy Bo''), an official of the Shang Dynasty *Lexton Moy (born 1985), American soccer player of Chinese and Filipino heritage *Matthew Moy (born 1984), Chinese-American TV actor *Milagros Moy (born 1975), Peruvian volleyball player *Sylvia Moy (1938–2017), American singer and songwriter *Moy Yat (1938–2001), Wing Chun kung fu master *Moy Lin-shin (1931–1998), Taoist monk, teacher, and T'ai chi instructor See also *Mei (surname) *Moi (name) * Moye (name) * Moy (other) Moy may refer to: Places * Loch Moy, a loch south of Inverness in the Highlands of Scotland ** Moy, Highland, a village beside Loch Moy ** Moy Hall, also near the loch and the ancestral home of the chiefs of Clan Mackintosh ** Rout of Moy, an ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
