Narendra Patel | |
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Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda | |
In office 1963 –January 1971 | |
President | Mutesa II Milton Obote |
Preceded by | John Bowes Griffin |
Succeeded by | Legislature disbanded |
Personal details | |
Born | Narendra M. Patel 1926/1928 Pij,Kheda district,Gujarat,India |
Died | December 2012 [1] Baroda,India |
Political party | Uganda People's Congress |
Narendra M. Patel was Ugandan politician of Indian origin [2] and former speaker of the legislature. [3]
Patel was 85 years old in 2012, [4] so he was born sometime between 1926 and 1928. He was born in Pij,Kheda district,Gujarat province,in India. [2] He has a law degree from University of Bombay. [2] He worked in private practice in Uganda.
Patel was elected to the Parliament of Uganda in 1962 from Mbale constituency,under the banner of Uganda People's Congress. [2] He was the speaker of the Parliament of the First Republic in 1963. [3] Patel was described to not have wielded much power with respect to Obote's government. [3] He was the speaker until president Milton Obote abrogated the constitution in 1971. [3]
Patel then returned to private practice. He left Uganda in 1973,when Idi Amin ordered all Ugandans of Asian origin to leave the country. [2] Patel first left for India,and then settled to Australia. He died in Baroda,India,in December 2012. [1]
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