Aden Duale | |
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Cabinet Secretary for Defence | |
In office 31 October 2022 – 11 July 2024 | |
President | William Ruto |
Preceded by | Eugene Wamalwa |
Member of Parliament for Dujis | |
In office 2007–2022 | |
Preceded by | Hussein Maalim Mohamed |
Succeeded by | Omar Hussein Abdi |
Personal details | |
Born | Garissa County, Kenya | 15 June 1969
Education | Moi Forces Academy, Nairobi |
Alma mater | Moi University Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology |
Aden Bare Duale EGH (Somali: Aadan Barre Ducaale) is a Kenyan politician who served as the Cabinet Secretary for Defence in the cabinet of President William Ruto,[1][2] having assumed the position on 31 October 2022.[3] He was dismissed in July 11, 2024 and then reinstated on July 19, 2024.[4]
A former Member of the National Assembly for Garissa Township Constituency, Duale served as the Majority Leader of the National Assembly under the Jubilee Party in the 11th Parliament from 2013 to 2017 and in the 12th Parliament from 2017 to 2020, when he was ousted for perceived disloyalty to former President Uhuru Kenyatta, the Jubilee Party leader.[5] He was elected first in 2007 under the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), but left the party in 2009,[6] teaming up with Ruto to form the United Republican Party.[7]