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This is a list of Uganda's Presidents, since independence in 1962. From 1962 to 1963, the head of state under the Constitution of 1962 was the Queen of Uganda, Elizabeth II, who was also the Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms. The queen was represented in Uganda by a governor-general.
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 ...
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 history of Uganda comprises the history of the people who inhabited the ... a new constitution proclaimed Uganda a republic, gave the president even greater ...
The President of Uganda is both head of state and head of government. The president appoints a vice-president and a prime minister to aid him in governing. Yoweri Museveni, president of the republic of Uganda since 1986. The Parliament of Uganda has 557 members.
Between 1980 and 1985, Muwanga served as Vice President and Minister of Defense under then President Milton Obote. He also briefly held the position of Prime Minister of Uganda from August 1 to August 25, 1985, under President Tito Okello before being succeeded by Abraham Waligo. In October 1986, Muwanga faced arrest and subsequent detention.
The son of Uganda's long-serving leader Yoweri Museveni said on Saturday he had abandoned plans to run for presidency at the next election in 2026, urging his supporters to endorse his father instead.
The President once again failed to reply, so on the afternoon of 19 June the NCC met at the Entebbe State House in Lule's presence. NCC Chairman Edward Rugumayo opened the meeting by reviewing the body's unsuccessful entreaties to the President to submit his appointments for its ratification. Lule responded by stating that he was not prepared ...