Ruler · 1925 – 2003

Idi Amin

Lived 1925 – 2003; politician, military officer, military personnel. President of Uganda (Uganda), 1971 – 1979.

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Lived: 1925 – 2003; 78 years
In office: 8 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Uganda
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

President of Uganda

Uganda · the 3rd of 18 dated reigns · 1963 – 2026

Mutesa II of Buganda1963 – 1966

Milton Obote1966 – 1971

Idi Amin1971 – 1979

Yusuf Lule1979

Godfrey Binaisa1979 – 1980

Saulo Musoke1980

12 after

deposed, abdicated, exiled or removedleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1971 – 1979 · 8 years · came to it aged 46

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1979; they died in 2003

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