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.
The History of Uganda from 1979 to 1986 comprises the history of Uganda since the end of the dictatorship of Idi Amin. This period has seen the second rule of Milton Obote and the presidency of Yoweri Museveni since 1986,in which Ugandan politics have been dominated by the National Resistance Movement.
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.
Salim Saleh is a retired Ugandan military officer who served in the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF),the armed forces of Uganda. He is a brother to the President of Uganda,Yoweri Museveni,and an adviser to the President on military matters. He served as Minister of State for microfinance from 2006 to 2008. Saleh's name has surfaced in controversies regarding corruption,including being implicated by the UN Security Council for plundering natural resources in Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Gregory Mugisha Muntuyera,commonly referred to as Mugisha Muntu,is a Ugandan politician and retired military officer. He is the current president of the Alliance for National Transformation (ANT),a political party he founded in March 2019. He previously served as the President of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC),an opposition political party,from 2012 to 2017. In September 2018,General Muntu parted ways with the FDC citing ideological differences with the new FDC leadership of Hon. Patrick Oboi Amuriat. On 27 September 2018 he announced in a televised press conference that he and some other leaders had begun what he called the New Formation which later became the ANT.
Major General Kahinda Otafiire is a Ugandan politician and retired military officer. He is the current Minister of Internal Affairs in the Cabinet of Uganda,since 8 June 2021.
General Haji Abubaker Jeje Odongo is a Ugandan senior military officer and politician. In June 2021,he was appointed Uganda's cabinet minister for Foreign Affairs.
General Elly Tuhirirwe Tumwine was a Ugandan military officer,designer,visual artist,and educator. He was the former Security Minister in the Cabinet of Uganda,from March 2018 until 2021. He retired from active military service in July 2022.
Edward Katumba Wamala,more commonly known as Katumba Wamala,is a Ugandan general who has served as Minister of Works and Transport in the Ugandan cabinet,since 14 December 2019. He has 6 children.
General David Sejusa,also known as David Tinyefuza,is a Ugandan lawyer,retired military general and former MP. He was the coordinator of intelligence services and a senior presidential adviser to President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni. He served as army commander and also a member of High Command UPDF,the UPDF defense council and a member of parliament representing the Uganda People's Defence Force. He had a falling-out with Museveni and formed the Freedom and Unity Front in exile in the United Kingdom following being charged for plotting a coup where he has been allegedly planning anti-government activities by the Museveni government.
Henry Tumukunde is a politician and retired senior military officer of the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF). He ran as an independent candidate for president in the 2021 Ugandan general election.
Ivan Koreta is a Ugandan retired military officer,diplomat and legislator. He is a retired General in the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) and a former representative for the armed forces in the Parliament of Uganda;where he served as a member of the Public Accounts Committee and the Committee on Presidential Affairs.
Lieutenant General Kayanja Muhanga is a Ugandan army officer,who currently serves as Commander of Land Forces in UPDF. He was appointed to that position in October 2022 by the President of Uganda and Commander in chief of the UPDF,Yoweri Museveni. He previously served as commander of the Uganda People's Defence Force contingent in Eastern DRC under Operation Shujaa. He was appointed to that position in January 2021 by Yoweri Museveni,the Commander in Chief of the UPDF and the President of Uganda. Prior to that,Maj. General Muhanga served as the commandant of the military police within the UPDF.
General Joram Mugume,is a military officer in the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF). He is the chairman of the board of directors of the National Enterprise Corporation (NEC),the business arm of the UPDF. He was appointed to that position by the Uganda Ministry of Defence and Veterans Affairs,on 20 February 2018. He has also served as the chairman of the "Military Land Board",another organ of the UPDF. He has been serving in that position since 2005,having served as Deputy Chief of Defense Forces in the past.
Major General Sam Kiwanuka,is a senior military officer in the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF),who serves as Uganda's Military Attachéto Ethiopia,based at Uganda's embassy in Addis Ababa. major general Sam kiwanuka our hero best of the best,leader officer chieftency of production and welfare
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.
Colonel (Retired) Fred Mwesigye is a Ugandan diplomat,retired military officer and politician. He serves as the High Commissioner of Uganda to Tanzania,effective December 2021,replacing Richard Kabonero.
Bernard Rwehururu was a Ugandan military officer and author. He served in various Ugandan militaries from 1965 until 2013,including under the governments of Milton Obote,Idi Amin,Tito Okello,and Yoweri Museveni.
Mariam Fauzat Wangadya alias Mariam Mutonyi Wangadya,Margaret Wangadya is a Ugandan lawyer and advocate. She is an advocate for civil,political,and child rights,Wangadya is the chairperson of the Uganda Human Rights Commission. She is also a member of the East African Law Society,Uganda Law Society,International Bar Association and Uganda Women Lawyers Association.
Simeo Muwanga Nsubuga is a Ugandan politician,diplomat,and human rights defender with experience in law enforcement. He is the former Mityana South Member of Parliament under the National Resistance Movement political party.
