Isaac Kiprono Ruto (born on 4 March 1959) is a Kenyan politician. He is the

Chama Cha Mashinani Chama Cha Mashinani is a political party in Kenya. It is currently headed by veteran politician Isaac Ruto. The Chama Cha Mashinani had four elected members of the Kenyan National Assembly ) , national_anthem = "Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu" ...

Party leader. He was elected the first governor of

Bomet County Bomet County is a county in the former Rift Valley Province of Kenya. Initially a district, Bomet District was created from the former Kericho District in 1992. The capital of Bomet County is Bomet. It has a population of 875,689 in 2019 and a ...

in 2013 Kenyan general elections. He hails from Tumoi, Sigor in Chepalungu constituency and studied Political Science at the University of Nairobi. He is also a former chairman of the Council of Governors in Kenya.

Political career

Ruto joined active politics in the year 1997 and was elected as the Chepalungu Constituency member of parliament through Kenya African National Union. 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 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 ...

appointed Ruto as Minister of Environment and Natural Resources. In

2002 Kenyan general election General elections were held in Kenya on 27 December 2002. Voters elected the President, and members of the National Assembly. They coincided with the 2002 Kenyan local elections. Mwai Kibaki of the National Rainbow Coalition (NARC) was elected, ...

s Ruto was defeated by Ambassador

John Koech John Koech is a Kenyan politician. He was cabinet minister for the East African Community in Kenya under President Mwai Kibaki and a member of parliament for the constituency of Chepalungu until December 2007 when he lost his parliamentary seat ...

as a member of parliament Chepalungu Constituency. In 2007 general elections, Ruto was elected for a third consecutive term as the representative for his Chepalungu Constituency on an Orange Democratic Movement ticket. In 2013 general elections, Ruto was elected

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

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