Biography
George Saitoti
Finance Minister 1983 to 1993. Vice President 1989 to 1997 and 1999 to 2002. Internal Security Minister 2008 to 2012. Died 2012.
George Saitoti was a mathematician who became Kenya's longest-serving Vice President and a long-time Finance Minister. Saitoti died in a police helicopter crash in 2012 while Internal Security Minister. Born on 3 August 1945. Died on 10 June 2012 in Ngong Forest, Kajiado County (helicopter crash), aged 66.
- Full name
- George Kinuthia Saitoti
- Born
- 3 August 1945
- Died
- 10 June 2012, Ngong Forest, Kajiado County (helicopter crash)
- Party
- KANU, then NARC and PNU
Education
- Mang'u High SchoolSecondary school
- Brandeis University, United StatesBA in Mathematics
- University of WarwickPhD in Mathematics
Career
- 1970sMathematics professor at the University of Nairobi
- 1983 to 1993Minister for Finance
- 1988 to 2012MP for Kajiado North
- 1989 to 1997, 1999 to 2002Vice President under Moi
- 2003 to 2006Minister for Education under Kibaki; stepped aside in 2006 after the Goldenberg inquiry named him, then returned after the High Court quashed that finding
- 2008 to 2012Minister for Internal Security
What Saitoti stood for
A market-reforming technocrat inside an authoritarian establishment.
- Role of the state in the economy: Market-led
- Institutions and power-sharing: Leans executive-centred
- Political style: Establishment
- Civil liberties: Leans order-first
Placed mainly from what Saitoti did, not what Saitoti said. See the full record, with every source.
Common questions
Who was George Saitoti?
George Saitoti was a mathematician who became Kenya's longest-serving Vice President and a long-time Finance Minister. Saitoti died in a police helicopter crash in 2012 while Internal Security Minister. Finance Minister 1983 to 1993. Vice President 1989 to 1997 and 1999 to 2002. Internal Security Minister 2008 to 2012. Died 2012.
When was George Saitoti born, and when did they die?
Born on 3 August 1945. Died on 10 June 2012 in Ngong Forest, Kajiado County (helicopter crash), aged 66.
What did George Saitoti study?
BA in Mathematics at Brandeis University, United States; PhD in Mathematics at University of Warwick.
Which party was George Saitoti in?
KANU, then NARC and PNU.
What did George Saitoti stand for?
A market-reforming technocrat inside an authoritarian establishment.
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