TIMELINE: Kibaki wins disputed polls

(Reuters) - Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki won re-election on Sunday in a victory that triggered deadly riots by opposition supporters accusing the government of rigging.

Here is a chronology of Mwai Kibaki's presidency:

December 27, 2002 - Former Vice President Kibaki elected as candidate for the opposition National Rainbow Coalition.

He replaces Daniel arap Moi to end the Kenya African National Union's (KANU) four decades in power.

November 22, 2003 - International Monetary Fund (IMF) resumes lending after three-year gap, saying the new government has shown commitment to end corruption.

December 21 - Moi is granted immunity from prosecution on corruption charges.

March 15, 2004 - Government withdraws from a conference convened to write a new constitution after most delegates vote to trim presidential powers.

February 7, 2005 - John Githongo quits as Kenya's first anti-corruption adviser, a blow to the fight against graft.

July 22 - Parliament votes to keep a strong presidency in a proposed new constitution. The vote leads to deepening divisions in the ruling coalition and triggers rioting in the capital.

November 22 - Kibaki suffers humiliating defeat when voters reject the new constitution in a referendum; he fires his government the next day.

December 9 - Twenty-six of 29 ministers are finally sworn in after Kibaki's struggle to form a new cabinet. Three refuse to appear although two of them later reverse that decision.

February 1, 2006 - Finance Minister David Mwiraria resigns over a multi-million dollar corruption scandal, says he is innocent.

June 3, - Key ministers from the ruling coalition break away to form a new party, the National Rainbow Coalition-Kenya.

August 22 - Government agrees to opposition calls for parts of the constitution to be amended ahead of 2007 elections.

September 16, 2007 - Kibaki announces candidacy on the ticket of Party of National Unity, created as his re-election vehicle.

December 27 - Voters elect a new president and parliament. Most opinion polls give a lead to Kibaki's opposition rival Raila Odinga of the Orange Democratic Movement.