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Idi Amin Dada Oumee (/ ˈ iː d i ɑː ˈ m iː n, ˈ ɪ d i-/ ⓘ, UK also /-æ ˈ m iː n /; 30 May 1928 – 16 August 2003) was a Ugandan military officer and politician who served as the third president of Uganda from 1971 until his overthrow in 1979. He ruled as a military dictator and is considered one of the most brutal despots in modern ...
Idi Amin's official title while in office as President of Uganda was 'His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular'.
Others have suggested this is simply a vanity title for the outgoing president and comparisons have been made to African dictators who gave themselves titles (such as Idi Amin). [citation needed] Others have suggested that the order is illegal as it was instituted by executive ordinance rather than being a parliamentary motion.
In 1941 Amin joined Garaya Islamic school at Bombo, and again excelled in reciting the Koran under Mohammed Al Rajab from 1941 –1944. Amin and Abdul Kadir Aliga won honours in reciting the Koran in 1943. This is a reassessment in progress; it is not completed. --Whiteguru 03:45, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
Erinayo Wilson Oryema CPM (1 January 1917 – 16 February 1977) was a Ugandan police officer and politician. He was Uganda's first African Inspector General of Police (1964–1971), and later served as Minister of Land, Mineral, and Water Resources (1971–1974) and Minister of Land, Housing and Physical Planning (1974–1977) under the regime of Idi Amin.
On 25 January 1971 Idi Amin, Commander of the Uganda Army, took power in Uganda following a coup which overthrew the government of President Milton Obote.His advisers suggested that he try to differentiate himself from Obote by disbanding the General Service Unit (GSU), Obote's intelligence agency, which was highly unpopular within the general populace.
The 1971 Ugandan coup d'état was a military coup d'état that overthrew the then president of Uganda Milton Obote.The coup occurred on January 25, 1971, while Obote was attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Singapore, and was staged by Idi Amin, the commander of the Uganda Army at the time. [6]
Butabika reportedly convinced Idi Amin (pictured) at gunpoint to become President of Uganda during the 1971 Ugandan coup d'état.. Born as Juma Ali Oka Rokoni, [8] Butabika was of Nubian–Kakwa descent, [4] [9] [10] and a grandson of Kakwa paramount chief Sultan Ali Kenyi Dada as well as the cousin of Idi Amin's father. [4]