# James Gichuru

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{{Short description|Kenyan politician}}
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| honorific_prefix = [The Honourable](/source/The_Honourable)
| name             = James Gìchūrū
| honorific_suffix = [E.G.H.](/source/State_Commendations_of_Kenya)
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| office           = Acting Chairman of the [Kenya African National Union (KANU)](/source/Kenya_African_National_Union)
| term_start       = 1960
| term_end         = 1961
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| successor        = [Jomo Kenyatta](/source/Jomo_Kenyatta)
| birth_name       = James Gìchūrū
| birth_date       = 1914
| birth_place      = [Thogoto](/source/Thogoto), [Kiambu](/source/Kiambu), [Kenya](/source/Kenya)
| death_date       = 1982
| party            = [Kenya African National Union (KANU)](/source/Kenya_African_National_Union)
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'''James Samuel Gìchūrū''' (1914–1982) was a Kenyan politician. He was a [Minister of Finance](/source/List_of_finance_ministers_of_Kenya),<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](/source/Ministry_of_Defence_(Kenya))<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](/source/National_Assembly_of_Kenya) for [Limuru Constituency](/source/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](/source/Kenya_African_National_Union) (KANU) party in 1960 as well as its acting chairman (for jailed [Jomo Kenyatta](/source/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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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

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