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The President of Uganda is the head of state
Head of State

Head of state is the generic term for the individual or collective office that serves as the chief public representative of a monarchic or republican nation-state, federation, commonwealth or any other political state....
 in Uganda
Uganda

The Republic of Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania....
. The role began as a largely ceremonial position, with the Prime Minister
Prime Minister of Uganda

The Prime Minister is the Uganda head of government....
 holding the true power. The first president was the king of Buganda
Buganda

Buganda is the kingdom of the Baganda people, the largest of the traditional kingdoms in present-day Uganda. The three million Baganda make up the largest Ugandan ethnic group, although they represent only about 16.7 percent of the population....
, due to the power of the monarchist Kabaka Yekka
Kabaka Yekka

Kabaka Yekka was a monarchism political party in Uganda. The party's name means 'king only' in the Luganda language, Kabaka being the title of the King of the kingdom of Buganda....
 party. In 1966 Prime Minister Milton Obote
Milton Obote

File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-76054-0003, Leipzig, Kenia-Tag, Gerald G?tting.jpgApolo Milton Obote , Prime Minister of Uganda from 1962 to 1966 and President of Uganda from 1966 to 1971 and from 1980 to 1985, was a Ugandan political leader who led Uganda to independence from the United Kingdom colonialism administration in 1962....
 suspended the Ugandan constitution and became both Prime Minister and President. From this point on the Presidency became the most powerful office in Ugandan politics.

List of Presidents of Uganda class="wikitable">
List of Presidents/Heads of State of Uganda
Name Took Office Left Office Title
Sir Frederick Edward Muteesa II
Mutesa II of Buganda

Sir Edward Mutesa II, Order of the British Empire was the Kabaka of Buganda of Buganda from 1939 until his death, and List of Presidents of Uganda of Uganda from 1963 to 1966....
 		 9 October 1962 2 March 1966 President
Benedicto Kiwanuka
Benedicto Kiwanuka

Benedicto Kabimu Mugumba Kiwanuka was the first Prime Minister of Uganda, leader of the Democratic Party and one of the early leaders that led the country in the transition between colonial British rule and independence....
 		 1 March 1962 30 April 1962 Prime Minister
Milton Obote
Milton Obote

File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-76054-0003, Leipzig, Kenia-Tag, Gerald G?tting.jpgApolo Milton Obote , Prime Minister of Uganda from 1962 to 1966 and President of Uganda from 1966 to 1971 and from 1980 to 1985, was a Ugandan political leader who led Uganda to independence from the United Kingdom colonialism administration in 1962....
 		 30 April 1962 15 April 1966 Prime Minister
Milton Obote
Milton Obote

File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-76054-0003, Leipzig, Kenia-Tag, Gerald G?tting.jpgApolo Milton Obote , Prime Minister of Uganda from 1962 to 1966 and President of Uganda from 1966 to 1971 and from 1980 to 1985, was a Ugandan political leader who led Uganda to independence from the United Kingdom colonialism administration in 1962....
 		 15 April 1966 25 January 1971 President
Idi Amin Dada 25 January 1971 13 April 1979 His Excellency
Excellency

Excellency is a honorific style given to certain members of an organization or state....
 President for Life
President for Life

President for Life is a title assumed by some dictators to remove their term limit, in the hope that their authority, Legitimacy , and term will never be dissenting opinion....
 Field Marshal
Field Marshal (Uganda)

The rank of field marshal is a high rank in the military of Uganda. President Idi Amin was the commander-in-chief of the army, awarding himself the rank of field marshal....
 Al Hadji
Hajji

Hajji , or El-Hajj, is an honorific title given to a Muslim person who has successfully completed the Hajj to Mecca, and is often used to refer to an elder, since it takes time to accumulate the wealth to fund the travel....
 Doctor
Juris Doctor

Juris Doctor is a first professional degree graduate degree and professional doctorate in law degree. The degree was first awarded by Harvard University in the United States in the late 19th century as a degree similar to the old European doctor of law degree and the legal studies counterpart to the M.D....
 Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO
Distinguished Service Order

The Distinguished Service Order is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other Commonwealth of Nations countries, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat....
, MC
Military Cross

The Military Cross is the third level military decoration awarded to officers and other ranks of the British Army and formerly also to officers of other Commonwealth of Nations countries....
, Conqueror of the British Empire
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The President of Uganda is the head of state
Head of State

Head of state is the generic term for the individual or collective office that serves as the chief public representative of a monarchic or republican nation-state, federation, commonwealth or any other political state....
 in Uganda
Uganda

The Republic of Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania....
. The role began as a largely ceremonial position, with the Prime Minister
Prime Minister of Uganda

The Prime Minister is the Uganda head of government....
 holding the true power. The first president was the king of Buganda
Buganda

Buganda is the kingdom of the Baganda people, the largest of the traditional kingdoms in present-day Uganda. The three million Baganda make up the largest Ugandan ethnic group, although they represent only about 16.7 percent of the population....
, due to the power of the monarchist Kabaka Yekka
Kabaka Yekka

Kabaka Yekka was a monarchism political party in Uganda. The party's name means 'king only' in the Luganda language, Kabaka being the title of the King of the kingdom of Buganda....
 party. In 1966 Prime Minister Milton Obote
Milton Obote

File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-76054-0003, Leipzig, Kenia-Tag, Gerald G?tting.jpgApolo Milton Obote , Prime Minister of Uganda from 1962 to 1966 and President of Uganda from 1966 to 1971 and from 1980 to 1985, was a Ugandan political leader who led Uganda to independence from the United Kingdom colonialism administration in 1962....
 suspended the Ugandan constitution and became both Prime Minister and President. From this point on the Presidency became the most powerful office in Ugandan politics.

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List of Presidents of Uganda

List of Presidents/Heads of State of Uganda
Name Took Office Left Office Title
Sir Frederick Edward Muteesa II
Mutesa II of Buganda

Sir Edward Mutesa II, Order of the British Empire was the Kabaka of Buganda of Buganda from 1939 until his death, and List of Presidents of Uganda of Uganda from 1963 to 1966....
 		 9 October 1962 2 March 1966 President
Benedicto Kiwanuka
Benedicto Kiwanuka

Benedicto Kabimu Mugumba Kiwanuka was the first Prime Minister of Uganda, leader of the Democratic Party and one of the early leaders that led the country in the transition between colonial British rule and independence....
 		 1 March 1962 30 April 1962 Prime Minister
Milton Obote
Milton Obote

File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-76054-0003, Leipzig, Kenia-Tag, Gerald G?tting.jpgApolo Milton Obote , Prime Minister of Uganda from 1962 to 1966 and President of Uganda from 1966 to 1971 and from 1980 to 1985, was a Ugandan political leader who led Uganda to independence from the United Kingdom colonialism administration in 1962....
 		 30 April 1962 15 April 1966 Prime Minister
Milton Obote
Milton Obote

File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-76054-0003, Leipzig, Kenia-Tag, Gerald G?tting.jpgApolo Milton Obote , Prime Minister of Uganda from 1962 to 1966 and President of Uganda from 1966 to 1971 and from 1980 to 1985, was a Ugandan political leader who led Uganda to independence from the United Kingdom colonialism administration in 1962....
 		 15 April 1966 25 January 1971 President
Idi Amin Dada 25 January 1971 13 April 1979 His Excellency
Excellency

Excellency is a honorific style given to certain members of an organization or state....
 President for Life
President for Life

President for Life is a title assumed by some dictators to remove their term limit, in the hope that their authority, Legitimacy , and term will never be dissenting opinion....
 Field Marshal
Field Marshal (Uganda)

The rank of field marshal is a high rank in the military of Uganda. President Idi Amin was the commander-in-chief of the army, awarding himself the rank of field marshal....
 Al Hadji
Hajji

Hajji , or El-Hajj, is an honorific title given to a Muslim person who has successfully completed the Hajj to Mecca, and is often used to refer to an elder, since it takes time to accumulate the wealth to fund the travel....
 Doctor
Juris Doctor

Juris Doctor is a first professional degree graduate degree and professional doctorate in law degree. The degree was first awarded by Harvard University in the United States in the late 19th century as a degree similar to the old European doctor of law degree and the legal studies counterpart to the M.D....
 Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO
Distinguished Service Order

The Distinguished Service Order is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other Commonwealth of Nations countries, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat....
, MC
Military Cross

The Military Cross is the third level military decoration awarded to officers and other ranks of the British Army and formerly also to officers of other Commonwealth of Nations countries....
, Conqueror of the British Empire
Prof. Yusuf Kironde Lule
Yusuf Lule

Yusuf Kironde Lule was provisional president of Uganda between 13 April and 20 June 1979. His name is sometimes spelled Yusufu.As the leader of the Uganda National Liberation Front , Lule was installed as President by neighbouring Tanzania who had toppled Idi Amin with help from the UNLF after his failed attempt to annex portions of...
 		 13 April 1979 20 June 1979 President
Godfrey Lukongwa Binaisa
Godfrey Binaisa

Godfrey Lukongwa Binaisa Queen's Counsel , lawyer, former Provisional President of Uganda and Attorney General in the post independent government of Uganda of the 1960s....
 		 20 June 1979 11 May 1980 President
Paulo Muwanga
Paulo Muwanga

Paulo Muwanga was the chairman of the governing Military Commission, and the de-facto President of Uganda for a few days in May 1980 until the establishment of the Presidential Commission of Uganda....
 		 12 May 1980 22 May 1980 Chairman of the Military Commission
Presidential Commission of Uganda
Presidential Commission of Uganda

The Presidential Commission of Uganda held the office of President of Uganda between 22 May and 15 December 1980. It was composed as follows:* Saulo Musoke...
 		 22 May 1980 15 December 1980 Presidential Commission
Milton Obote
Milton Obote

File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-76054-0003, Leipzig, Kenia-Tag, Gerald G?tting.jpgApolo Milton Obote , Prime Minister of Uganda from 1962 to 1966 and President of Uganda from 1966 to 1971 and from 1980 to 1985, was a Ugandan political leader who led Uganda to independence from the United Kingdom colonialism administration in 1962....
 		 17 December 1980 27 July 1985 President
Brigadier General Bazilio Olara Okello 27 July 1985 29 July 1985 Chairman of the Military Council
General Tito Okello
Tito Okello

Tito Lutwa Okello was one of the commanders in the coalition between the Tanzania People's Defence Force and the Uganda National Liberation Army who removed Idi Amin in 1979, the Commander of the UNLA from 1980 to 1985, and the President of Uganda from 1985 to 1986....
 		 29 July 1985 26 January 1986 Chairman of the Military Council
General Yoweri Kaguta Museveni 26 January 1986 Current incumbent President


See also

  • Uganda
    Uganda

    The Republic of Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania....
  • Prime Minister of Uganda
    Prime Minister of Uganda

    The Prime Minister is the Uganda head of government....
  • Politics of Uganda
    Politics of Uganda

    Politics of Uganda takes place within the framework of a presidential system republic, whereby the President of Uganda is both head of state and head of government, as well as of a multi-party system....
  • History of Uganda
    History of Uganda

    Uganda before 1900The earliest human inhabitants in a contemporary Uganda were hunter-gathers. Remnants of these people are today to be found among the pygmies in western Uganda....
  • Political parties of Uganda


External links

  • official site
  • , Children's Welfare Mission, Uganda