Vice President of Uganda

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The vice president of Uganda is the second-highest executive official in the Ugandan government. The vice president is appointed by the president.

Vice presidents of Uganda

[1]

NameInauguratedLeft officePresidentNotes
William Wilberforce Kadhumbula Nadiope IIIOctober 1963April 1966Edward MutesaDeposed during the Mengo Crisis
John BabiihaApril 1966January 1971Milton OboteDeposed in the 1971 coup d'état
VacantJanuary 1971January 1977
Mustafa AdrisiJanuary 1977Disputed; de facto April 1978Idi AminAdrisi was factually disempowered by President Idi Amin in April 1978, but refused to accept his dismissal as Vice President. He remained in Uganda until mid-1979, maintaining a low profile but still claiming to be Vice President.[2] When Amin was overthrown in the Uganda–Tanzania War, Adrisi fled into exile where he continued to pose as Vice President.[3]
Disputed; claimed by Mustafa AdrisiNovember 1978December 1980
Paulo MuwangaDecember 1980July 1985Milton OboteDeposed in the 1985 coup d'état
VacantJuly 1985January 22, 1991
Samson KisekkaJanuary 22, 1991November 1994Yoweri Museveni
Specioza KazibweNovember 18, 1994May 21, 2003The first woman in Africa to hold the position of vice-president of a sovereign nation.
Gilbert BukenyaMay 23, 2003May 23, 2011
Edward SsekandiMay 24, 2011June 21, 2021
Jessica AlupoJune 21, 2021IncumbentThe second female Vice President of Uganda.

References

  1. ↑Mwakikagile, Godfrey (1 February 2013). Uganda: A Nation in Transition : Post-colonial Analysis. New Africa Press. ISBN 9789987160358. Retrieved 21 September 2017– via Google Books.
  2. ↑Avirgan & Honey 1983, pp. 49–50.
  3. ↑Reid 2017, p. 71.

Works cited

  • Avirgan, Tony; Honey, Martha (1983). War in Uganda: The Legacy of Idi Amin. Dar es Salaam: Tanzania Publishing House. ISBN 978-9976-1-0056-3.
  • Reid, Richard J. (2017). A History of Modern Uganda. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-06720-2.

See also