Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Tibuhaburwa 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. His government is considered autocratic.
Tito Lutwa Okello was a Ugandan military officer and politician who served as the eighth president of Uganda from 29 July 1985 until 26 January 1986.
The Uganda National Liberation Front (UNLF) was a political group formed by exiled Ugandans opposed to the rule of military dictator Idi Amin. The UNLF had an accompanying military wing,the Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA). UNLA fought alongside Tanzanian forces in the Uganda–Tanzania War that led to the overthrow of Amin's regime. The group ruled Uganda from the overthrow of Amin in April 1979 until the disputed national elections in December 1980.
James Francis Wambogo Wapakhabulo was a Ugandan politician who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uganda from 2001 to 2004.
Eriya Kategaya was a Ugandan lawyer and politician. At the time of his death he was Uganda's First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Community Affairs. He was also an ex officio Member of the Ugandan Parliament,on account of being a cabinet minister.
Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete is a Tanzanian politician who was the fourth president of Tanzania,in office from 2005 to 2015.
The University Students' African Revolutionary Front (USARF) was a political student group formed in 1967 at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. The group,which engaged in study and activism and held regular meetings on Sundays,featured many students who would go on to become influential politicians. USARF was composed of students from Kenya,Zambia,Malawi,Zimbabwe,Ethiopia,Sudan,Tanzania,Uganda and elsewhere in Africa. President of Uganda,Yoweri Museveni was elected its chairman for the whole time he was at university. John Garang,another former USARF member,was the vice-president of Sudan at the time of his death in July 2005. The group identified closely with African liberation movements,especially FRELIMO in Mozambique.
Moses Ali is a Ugandan politician and retired military general. He is the Second Deputy Prime Minister and Deputy Leader of Government Business in Parliament. He previously served in the Cabinet of Uganda as Third Deputy Prime Minister and Deputy Leader of Government Business from May 2011 until June 2016. He also served as the first First Deputy Prime Minister from June 2016 to May 2021. He has served as the elected Member of Parliament for East Moyo County in Adjumani District since 2011.
Rukirabasaija Patrick David Matthew Kaboyo (Rwamuhokya) Olimi III was the 11th Omukama of the Tooro Kingdom and reigned from 1965 until his death in 1995.
Angelina Chogo Wapakhabulo was Uganda's High Commissioner to Kenya. She is a founding member and co-chair of the United Way Board. Wapakhabulo is a community activist and a social worker.
Ali Kirunda Kivejinja,more commonly known as Kirunda Kivejinja,was a veteran Ugandan politician and senior presidential advisor to the President of Uganda,Yoweri Museveni. He at the time of his demise was the Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister without portfolio in the Ugandan Cabinet.
Charles Angina is a lieutenant general in the Uganda People's Defense Force (UPDF). As of August 2021,he is awaiting assignment at the Uganda Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From January 2017 until July 2021,he served as the deputy chief coordinator of Operation Wealth Creation (OWC),a development program operated by the Ugandan military.
Richard Tumusiime Kabonero,commonly known as Richard Kabonero,is a Ugandan civil servant and diplomat. He is the head of department of Regional Economic Cooperation,at the Uganda Ministry of Foreign Affairs,since June 2022. Before that,he served as Uganda's High Commissioner to Tanzania.
John Ateker Ejalu was a Ugandan journalist and statesman. He served as Minister of Information and National Guidance of Uganda from April until June 1979,and from then as Minister of Regional Co-operation until November 1979.
Zeddy Maruru was a Ugandan military pilot and military officer. He served in all of Uganda's post-independence armies,from 1964 until 2002. He was the commander of the Uganda Army Air Force during the 1970s. He also served as the Chief of Army Staff after Tito Okello overthrew Milton Obote's second administration in 1985.
The Save Uganda Movement was a militant Ugandan opposition group which fought against the government of President Idi Amin from 1973 to 1979. Described as "specialists in sabotage" by journalist John Darnton,SUM attempted to overthrow Amin by waging a guerrilla campaign of bombings,raids,and assassinations. The movement mainly operated from Kenya and Tanzania. Unlike much of the Ugandan opposition at the time,SUM had no firm ideology and was decentralized,consisting of different groups with similar aims,the principal one being the ouster of Idi Amin. SUM cooperated with the forces loyal to ex-President Milton Obote during the Uganda–Tanzania War (1978–1979) and eventually joined the Uganda National Liberation Front which formed the country's post-Amin governments.
The Battle of Kabamba,also known as the First Battle of Kabamba,was the result of an attempt by Popular Resistance Army (PRA) rebels to capture an armoury at the Kabamba Military Barracks,defended by the Tanzania People's Defence Force (TPDF) and Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA). The battle marked the PRA's entry in the Ugandan Bush War.
Sam Magara was a Ugandan rebel,and one of the National Resistance Army (NRA)'s leading commanders during the early Ugandan Bush War. A long-time associate of NRA leader Yoweri Museveni,he became the latter's second-in-command in 1981 and assumed command of the NRA in his absence. However,he fell into disfavor after the NRA's internal security network alleged that he was planning to overthrow Museveni. Magara was eventually killed by security forces in Kampala in late 1982.
Yorokamu Tizihwayo,also known as Y. Tiziriwayho and Yerukamu,was a Ugandan military officer. He served as a high-ranking commander during Idi Amin's rule as Ugandan President,first as the head of the 2nd Paratrooper Battalion and later for the Western Brigade. In the Uganda–Tanzania War (1978–1979),Tizihwayo led the Uganda Army troops which opposed the Tanzania People's Defence Force's advance into western Uganda. Despite being regarded as a talented soldier and considered one of the Tanzanians' more dangerous opponents during the war,he was eventually arrested and executed on alleged treason charges by Amin's State Research Bureau.
