Ibrahim Mukiibi

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Ibrahim Mukiibi
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uganda
In office
1986–1989
PresidentYoweri Museveni
Preceded by Olara Otunnu
Succeeded by Paul Ssemogerere
Minister of Internal Affairs of Uganda
In office
1986–1987
President Yoweri Museveni
Preceded by Kahinda Otafiire
Succeeded by Crispus Kiyonga
Ugandan ambassador to the Scandinavian Countries
President Idi Amin
Ugandan ambassador to Ukraine
In office
2002–2003
PresidentYoweri Museveni
Ugandan ambassador to Saudi Arabia
In office
2005 –22 November 2012
PresidentYoweri Museveni
Ugandan ambassador to Egypt
In office
2003–2005
PresidentYoweri Museveni
Ugandan ambassador to Israel
PresidentYoweri Museveni
Ugandan ambassador to Tanzania
In office
2006 –9 October 2012
PresidentYoweri Museveni
Senior Adviser to the President
In office
9 October 2012 –Incumbent
PresidentYoweri Museveni
Personal details
Born (1935-07-05) 5 July 1935 (age 85)
Nationality Ugandan
Political party National Resistance Movement
Spouse(s)Harri
ResidenceSerenada Eco Resort, Lake Victoria, Uganda (about 35 minutes by boat off the coast of >Ggaba, Kampala, Central Region of Uganda
Occupation Diplomat, minister, politician, hotelier, ambassador

Ibrahim Mukiibi (born 15 July 1935) is a Ugandan minister, diplomat, and entrepreneur. He was the powerful Minister of Internal Affairs throughout the early 1990s under president Yoweri Museveni, and has been an ambassador for Uganda to numerous foreign nations. [1] He is also a successful hotelier, running the Serenada Eco-Resort with his wife Harriet on the shores of Lake Victoria. [2]

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Political career

Early days

One of Mukiibi's first prominent political roles was as Uganda's ambassador to the Scandinavian countries, a position he held during the Idi Amin regime. [3] He was out of political power during Apolo Milton Obote's second term, but reentered when his ally Yoweri Museveni took power. He also worked at the African Union on behalf of Uganda during the reign of Idi Amin. [4]

Minister

Mukiibi was a prominent minister in the early days of the Yoweri Museveni regime. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uganda from 1986, when Museveni took power, until 1988. [5] He then served as the powerful Minister of Internal Affairs of Uganda from 1989 to 1994, replacing Kahinda Otafiire, who had to resign as Minister of Internal Affairs after he brandished a pistol at a woman at a Kampala bar. [6] [7] Ibrahim Mukiibi left the role in 1987, being replaced by Crispus Kiyonga. [8]

Return to ambassador

Mukiibi was appointed Uganda's ambassador to the Ukraine in 2002, serving until 2003. [9] In 2003, he moved to be Uganda's ambassador to Egypt. [10] In 2005, in a cabinet reshuffling, Museveni moved Mukiibi to the role of ambassador to Saudi Arabia. [11] He moved to Tanzania in 2006, his longest serving role with an important neighboring country. [12] He left the role in 2012, to a farewell party in Dar es Salaam on behalf of the Tanzanian government. [13]

Return to Uganda

In 2012, Mukiibi was brought back home to be closer to President Museveni and serve as a Senior Presidential Adviser on Retainer, alongside Francis Butagaira, the Ugandan Ambassador to the European Union in Brussels. [14]

Serenada Eco-Resort

During the early 1980s, Ambassador Ibrahim Mukiibi bought land from his brothet-in-law late Haji Tambula who was then married to his younger sister. The land is situated in Butere Village on the shores of Lake Victoria in the tropical forest in Kyaggwe, in the Mukono District. [15] It’s on this land that they established the Serenada Eco-Resort, featuring luxury tents, canoeing, a restaurant, and a bar, 25 minutes by boat from Ggaba. [15] Ambassador Ibrahim Mukiibi owns the resort with his wife Harriet Mukiibi

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