Robinson Njeru Githae

{{Short description|Kenyan politician (born 1957)}}

{{Use Kenyan English|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Robinson Njeru Githae

| image = Robinson Njeru Githae.jpg

| office = Kenyan Ambassador to the United States

| term_start = 18 November 2014

| term_end = 3 May 2019

| appointer = Uhuru Kenyatta

| predecessor =

| successor =

| office2 = Minister for Finance

| term_start2 = 2011

| term_end2 = 2013

| president2 = Mwai Kibaki

| predecessor2 = Uhuru Kenyatta

| successor2 = Henry Rotich

| office3 = Member of Parliament
for Ndia Constituency

| term_start3 = 2003

| term_end3 = 2013

| predecessor3 =

| successor3 =

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1957}}

| birth_place = Kenya

| nationality = Kenyan

| party = Party of National Unity

| spouse = Alice[http://www.allgov.com/news/appointments-and-resignations/kenyas-ambassador-to-the-united-states-who-is-robinson-njeru-githae-150105?news=855275 Kenya’s Ambassador to the United States: Who Is Robinson Njeru Githae?], AllGov.com

| children = 3

| relations = Micere Githae Mugo Mrs. Eunice Muringo Kiereini{{small|(sister)}}

Purity Gathoni Macharia{{small|(sister)}}

| alma_mater = University of Nairobi {{small|(LL.B)}}
Kenya School of Law

Honorary Doctorate degree by the Commonwealth University.

| religion =

}}

Robinson Njeru Githae (born 1957) is a Kenyan politician. He belongs to the Party of National Unity and was elected to represent the Ndia Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya since the Kenyan parliamentary election, 2002.[http://www.bunge.go.ke/members.php Members Of The 10th Parliament] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080616160507/http://www.bunge.go.ke/members.php |date=2008-06-16 }} and was re-elected at the 2008 general elections. The only Ndia Parliamentarian to be elected back to back since independence of Kenya. Accessed June 19, 2008. He has served as assistant minister in the ministries of justice, transport and local government before being appointed a minister in the ministries of Nairobi Metropolitan then Kenya's finance minister. He was appointed by President Uhuru Kenyatta as Kenya- US ambassador on 14/08/2014. He was later transferred to Vienna in May 2019 as Kenya’s ambassador to Austria where he is currently serving.

He has three well-known sisters: former Chief Nursing Officer Eunice Muringo Kiereini, the writer Micere Githae Mugo and Purity Gathoni Macharia, co-founder and co-owner of Royal Media Services. Their father was Solomon Githendui Githae (1904-2007).[http://www.sde.co.ke/thenairobian/article/2000180379/the-immortals-the-githaes-pedigree-of-education-business-acumen 'The Immortals: The Githaes: Pedigree of education, business acumen', The Standard (Kenya), 22 Oct 2015] In May 2019 he was appointed as Kenyan ambassador to Vienna, Austria.{{cite web|url=https://ksnmedia.com/2019/05/githae-transferred-from-washington-dc-to-vienna-austria/|access-date=26 October 2019|title=Githae transferred from Washington DC to Vienna, Austria|work=KSN News|date=19 June 2017 }}