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Yoweri Kaguta Museveni

His Excellency
Yoweri Museveni
Yoweri Museveni September 2015.jpg
Museveni in September 2015
9th President of Uganda
Assumed office
29 January 1986
Prime Minister George Adyebo,
Kintu Musoke.
Apollo Nsibambi1
Amama Mbabazi
Ruhakana Rugunda
Vice President Samson Kisekka
Specioza Kazibwe
Gilbert Bukenya
Edward Ssekandi
Preceded by Tito Okello
Chairperson of the Commonwealth of Nations
In office
23 November 2007 – 27 November 2009
Preceded by Lawrence Gonzi
Succeeded by Patrick Manning
Personal details
Born Yoweri Kaguta Museveni
(1944-09-15) 15 September 1944 (age 72)
Ntungamo, Uganda
Political party National Resistance Movement
Spouse(s) Janet Kainembabazi (1973–present)
Children Muhoozi
Natasha
Patience
Diana
Alma mater University of Dar es Salaam
Religion Evangelical Christian
Website Official website

Yoweri Kaguta Museveni (About this sound pronunciation ; born 15 September c. 1944) is a Ugandan politician who has been president of Uganda since 29 January 1986.

Museveni was involved in rebellions that toppled Ugandan leaders Idi Amin (1971–79) and Milton Obote (1980–85). In the mid to late 1990s, Museveni was celebrated by the west as part of a new generation of African leaders. During Museveni's presidency Uganda has experienced relative stability and economic growth. His presidency has been marred, however, by involvement in the civil war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and other Great Lakes region conflicts. Rebellion in the north by the Lord's Resistance Army caused a drastic humanitarian emergency. Suppression of political opposition and a 2005 constitutional amendment scrapping presidential term limits, thus enabling extension of his rule, has been a concern of domestic commentators and the international community.

Born on 15 September 1944 in Ntungamo, Uganda Protectorate,

Museveni gets his middle name from his father, Amos Kaguta, a cattle herdsman. Kaguta is also the father of Museveni's brother Caleb Akandwanaho, popularly known in Uganda as Salim Saleh, and sister Violet Kajubiri.


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