Peter Anyang' Nyong'o (born 10 October 1943) is a Kenyan politician and author who is the Governor of Kisumu County. He is a former Secretary-General of Orange Democratic Movement. Professor Nyong'o was the acting party leader from 11 March until late May 2009 when Raila Odinga was in the United States and was elected to the National Assembly of Kenya in the December 2007 parliamentary election, representing the Kisumu Rural Constituency. He was the Minister for Medical Services and previously the Minister for Planning & National Development. He previously served as the senator of Kisumu from 2013 to 2017.
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Early life and education
Nyong'o was born in Ratta, Kisumu, Kenya. He completed his undergraduate studies at Uganda's Makerere University, where he was awarded a first class honours degree in political science. He served as Guild president of Makerere in 1969/70. He thereafter proceeded to his graduate and postgraduate studies at the University of Chicago, where he obtained an MA and a PhD in political science in 1977.
Career
Nyong'o took teaching positions at the University of Nairobi, where he was a professor of political science and a visiting professor in universities in Mexico and Addis Ababa. Here, he served until 1987, before taking up the position of head of programs at the African Academy of Sciences.