Amelia Kyambadde | |
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Born |
Uganda |
30 June 1955
Residence | Kampala, Uganda |
Nationality | Ugandan |
Citizenship | Uganda |
Alma mater |
Makerere University (Bachelor of Business Administration) American InterContinental University (Master of Business Administration) |
Occupation | Administrator, Businesswoman & Politician |
Years active | 1979 — present |
Known for | Politics |
Home town | Mpigi |
Title | Minister for Trade & Industry |
Spouse(s) | Wilson Kyambadde |
Amelia Anne Kyambadde is a Ugandan politician. She is the current Cabinet Minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives in the Ugandan Cabinet. She was appointed to that position on 6 June 2016. She has previously served as Cabinet Minister of Trade and Industry between 27 May 2011 and 6 June 2016. She replaced Kahinda Otafiire, who was appointed Minister for Justice. Amelia Kyambadde is also the elected Member of Parliament (MP) for "Mawokota County North" in Mpigi District.
She was born in June 1955, to the late Serwano K. Kulubya and Mary Kafureka, in Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom. She relocated to Uganda, in 1959, at the age of four years.
She attended Gayaza Primary School in Wakiso District for her elementary education, Gulu Sacred Heart High School in Gulu District for her secondary education and Aga Khan School of Secretarial Studies in Nairobi, Kenya, for her post-secondary education. Amelia Kyambadde holds the degree of Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), from Makerere University, Uganda's oldest institution of tertiary education, founded in 1922. She also holds the degree of Master of Business Administration (MBA), from the American InterContinental University in London, United Kingdom.