# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-ruto
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:58:40.721Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-ruto"
name: "William Ruto"
slug: "william-ruto"
description: "William Kipchirchir Samoei Arap Ruto is a Kenyan politician who is the fifth and current president of Kenya since 13 September 2022. Prior to becoming president, he served as the first elected deputy president of Kenya from 2013 to 2022. He previously served in three cabinet portfolios as the Minister for Home Affairs, the Minister of Agriculture and as Minister for Higher Education."
tagline: "President of Kenya since 2022"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Ruto_2023_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1966-12-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 7020
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump