Yoweri Kaguta Museveni

His Excellency Yoweri Museveni
Museveni in September 2015
9th President of Uganda
Incumbent
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 ( 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.