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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 5 March 2025. President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979 Field Marshal Idi Amin Amin shortly before addressing the United Nations General Assembly in 1975 3rd President of Uganda In office 25 January 1971 – 11 April 1979 Vice President Mustafa Adrisi Preceded by Milton Obote Succeeded by Yusuf Lule Personal ...
The office of the president of Uganda was formed on 9th October 1963 to replace the queen of Uganda (which was last held by Elizabeth II) as head of state.It was entirely a ceremonial role i.e without executive powers during the time of the first holder Mutesa II of Bugandauntil the end of the Mengo Crisis in 1967 when Milton Obote took over ending the alliance between the Uganda People’s ...
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 2025, 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).
On May 11, 2016, Besigye secretly swore himself in as president of Uganda, a day before the official swearing-in ceremony of President Museveni. He was arrested by the Ugandan Army moments into his swearing in. He later established "The people's government" as he believed he was the rightful winner of the 2016 elections. [11] [12] [13]
Tito Lutwa Okello (15 October 1914 – 3 June 1996) was a Ugandan military officer and politician who served as the eighth president of Uganda from 29 July 1985 until 26 January 1986. [ 1 ] Background
Mutesa, the Kabaka (King) of Buganda, became the ceremonial president, with Obote as executive prime minister. [6] From left to right: Grace Ibingira, Obote, and John Kakonge in 1962. In January 1964, a mutiny occurred at the military barracks at Jinja, Uganda's second city and home to the 1st Battalion of the Uganda Army. There were similar ...
Godfrey Lukongwa Binaisa QC (30 May 1920 – 5 August 2010) was a Ugandan lawyer and politician who served as the fifth president of Uganda from June 1979 to May 1980. Earlier, he was Attorney General of Uganda from 1962 to 1968. At the time of his death in 2010, he was Uganda's only surviving former president. [1] [2]