Ruler · 1925 – 2005

Milton Obote

Lived 1925 – 2005; politician. President of Uganda (Uganda), 1966 – 1971 and 1 more term; also in the line of Uganda (1962–1963).

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1925 – 2005; 80 years
In office: 10 years; 2 reigns
Lines: 2; states
Left it: deposed; the ruler's own article

President of Uganda

Uganda · the 2nd and 10th of 18 dated reigns · 1963 – 2026

Mutesa II of Buganda1963 – 1966

Milton Obote1966 – 1971

Idi Amin1971 – 1979

Yusuf Lule1979

Godfrey Binaisa1979 – 1980

Saulo Musoke1980

Yoweri Hunter Wacha-Olwol1980

Polycarp Nyamuchoncho1980

Paulo Muwanga1980

Milton Obote1980 – 1985

Bazilio Olara-Okello1985

Tito Okello1985 – 1986

Yoweri Museveni1986 – …

5 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 1966 – 1971 · 5 years · came to it aged 41 · term 1 of 2

Came to it: seized power
Left it: deposedread from the ruler's own article

the article also: deposed, deposed

Due to a rift with Mutesa over the 1964 Ugandan lost counties referendum and later getting implicated in a gold smuggling scandal, Obote overthrew him in 1966 and declared himself president, establishing a dictatorial regime with the UPC as the sole official party in 1969.

He was overthrown in a military coup d'état by Idi Amin in 1971, settling in exile in Tanzania, but was re-elected in an election reported to be neither free nor fair in 1980, a year after Amin's 1979 overthrow.

Reigned 1980 – 1985 · 5 years · came to it aged 55 · term 2 of 2

Left it: deposedread from the ruler's own article

On 27 July 1985, Obote was deposed again.

Also in the line of Uganda (1962–1963) (3rd of 3).

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