Governor-General of Kenya

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Coat of arms of Kenya
Style	His/Her Excellency
Residence	Government House, Kenya
Appointer	Monarch of Kenya

The office of Governor-General of Kenya was created during the period when Kenya was a constitutional monarchy from 1963 to 1964 and abolished after Kenya became a republic. During this period, Malcolm John MacDonald, who was the last Governor of Kenya, continued his term as Governor-General following the transition of the state of Kenya towards independence. The Prime Minister was Jomo Kenyatta, who became President the year after independence, replacing Queen Elizabeth II as head of state.

The governor-general was the representative of the monarch in Kenya and exercised most of the powers of the monarch. The governor-general was appointed for an indefinite term, serving at the pleasure of the monarch. Since Kenya was granted independence by the Kenya Independence Act 1963, rather than being first established as a semi-autonomous dominion and later promoted to independence as defined by the Statute of Westminster 1931, the governor-general was to be always appointed solely on the advice of the Cabinet of Kenya without the involvement of the British government. As Kenya became a republic before Malcolm MacDonald, the former colonial governor, was replaced, this has never happened. In the event of a vacancy the chief justice would have served as the officer administering the government.

Status

  Denotes Chief Justice acting as Officer Administering the Government

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Monarch	Prime minister
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Malcolm MacDonald (1901–1981)	12 December 1963	12 December 1964	1 year	Elizabeth II	Kenyatta

See also lists of incumbents, list of Presidents of Kenya

_{The title was abolished in 1964}