Philip Leakey
- for the British makeup artist, see Phil Leakey
Philip Leakey (born 21 June 1949) was educated at Leighton Park School and is a former member of the Kenyan Parliament. He represented the KANU party led by then president Daniel Arap Moi. He was an MP of Langata Constituency from 1979 [1] and served as a cabinet minister for a short stint. He lost his parliamentary seat in the 1992 Kenyan general elections, the first multiparty elections in Kenya, when Raila Odinga won the Langata seat.[2]
Together with his wife Katy Leakey, he runs The Leakey Collection, a company exporting products made by Maasai handicrafts.
His parents are Louis and Mary Leakey, both famous paleontologists. Philip is brother to Richard and Jonathan Leakey, and half-brother to Colin Leakey. His children by his second wife, Valerie Fraser Leakey, are Lara Fraser Leakey (married to Ninian Lowis), Kyela Fraser Leakey (married to Steve King) and Tiana Fraser Leakey.
Position in the Leaky family
| Frida Avern | Louis Leakey | Mary Leakey, nee Nichol | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colin Leakey | Meave Epps | Richard Leakey | Margaret Cropper | Jonathan Leakey | Philip Leakey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louise Leakey | Emmanuel de Mérode | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ Time, November 19, 1979: Arap Moi Again
- ↑ Kenya Times, December 11, 2005: MP talks of plot to arrest Raila
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| Preceded by Mwangi Maathai (1974–1979) |
Member of the National Assembly of Kenya for Langata 1979-1992 |
Succeeded by Raila Odinga (1992-present) |