James Gichuru

{{Short description|Kenyan politician}} {{Use British English|date=January 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = The Honourable | name = James Gìchūrū | honorific_suffix = E.G.H. | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | order = | office = Acting Chairman of the Kenya African National Union (KANU) | term_start = 1960 | term_end = 1961 | vice_president = | taoiseach = | predecessor = | successor = Jomo Kenyatta | birth_name = James Gìchūrū | birth_date = 1914 | birth_place = Thogoto, Kiambu, Kenya | death_date = 1982 | party = Kenya African National Union (KANU) | other_party = | spouse = | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = | nickname = | blank1 = | data1 = }} '''James Samuel Gìchūrū''' (1914–1982) was a Kenyan politician. He was a Minister of Finance,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.treasury.go.ke/index.php/aboutus/former-finace-ministers/217-hon-james-gichuru |title=Ag. Director General Public Debt Management Office |access-date=5 January 2013 |archive-date=4 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604160024/http://www.treasury.go.ke/index.php/aboutus/former-finace-ministers/217-hon-james-gichuru |url-status=dead }}</ref> Minister of Defence<ref>{{Cite web|title=Navy – Ministry of Defence – Kenya|url=https://mod.go.ke/navy/?page_link=memorable|access-date=2021-07-28|website=mod.go.ke}}</ref> and a former member of parliament for Limuru Constituency.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200204300010.html|access-date=8 April 2023|title=Kenya: Limuru Constituency, Kiambu District|website=allAfrica|date=30 April 2002|agency=The Standard}}</ref> He was among the founders of the Kenya African National Union (KANU) party in 1960 as well as its acting chairman (for jailed Jomo Kenyatta) to 1961.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.statehousekenya.go.ke/hist/1960.htm |title=Kenya's History 1960-1963 |access-date=5 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927184457/http://www.statehousekenya.go.ke/hist/1960.htm |archive-date=27 September 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Juakaliman|date=2008-01-17|title=Msemakweli: mashujaa|url=http://totojinga.blogspot.com/2008/01/mashujaa.html|access-date=2021-07-28|website=Msemakweli}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/entertainment/lifestyle/2001373154/kenyas-finance-minister-who-missed-cbk-opening-after-chewing-blackout| title = Kenya's finance minister who missed CBK opening after chewing blackout - The Standard Entertainment}}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gichuru, James}} Category:1982 deaths Category:Members of the National Assembly (Kenya) Category:Government ministers of Kenya Category:Ministers of defence of Kenya Category:Finance ministers of Kenya Category:Kenya African National Union politicians Category:1914 births Category:People from Kiambu County