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Uganda removed Elizabeth II as head of state under a 1963 constitutional amendment and the monarch and governor-general were replaced by a ceremonial president. The president under the 1963 constitution was an elective monarch, chosen by the parliament from among Uganda's five traditional kings.
Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Tibuhaburwa [a] (born 15 September 1944) is a Ugandan politician and military officer who is the ninth and current president of Uganda since 1986. As of 2024, he is the third-longest consecutively serving current non-royal national leader in the world (after Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo in Equatorial Guinea and Paul Biya in Cameroon).
The president of the Republic of Uganda is the head of state and the head of government of Uganda. The president leads the executive branch of the government of Uganda and is the commander-in-chief of the Uganda People's Defence Force. [2] The incumbent Yoweri Museveni came to power in 1986 and is the longest serving president of Uganda, ahead ...
Uganda: President [5] 25 April 1986 Mswati III Eswatini [3] King: 1 June 1990 Harald V Norway: Prince-Regent: 1 June 1990 – 17 January 1991 King: 17 January 1991 – present [6] 27 April 1991 [7] Isaias Afwerki Eritrea: Secretary-General of the Provisional Government: 27 April 1991 – 23 May 1993 President: 23 May 1993 – present
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President Yoweri Museveni has ruled the country since 1986 and he was latest re-elected in January 2021 presidential elections. [70] According to official results Museveni won the elections with 58% of the vote while popstar-turned-politician Bobi Wine had 35%. The opposition challenged the result because of allegations of widespread fraud and ...
The politics of Uganda occurs in an authoritarian context. Since assuming office in 1986 at the end of the Ugandan civil war, Yoweri Museveni has ruled Uganda as an autocrat. [1] [2] Political parties were banned from 1986 to 2006 in the wake of the 2005 Ugandan multi-party referendum which was won by pro-democracy forces. [1]