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Apollo Milton Obote (28 December 1925 – 10 October 2005) was a Ugandan politician who served as the second prime minister of Uganda from 1962 to 1966 and the second president of Uganda from 1966 to 1971 and later from 1980 to 1985.
Milton Obote was a politician who was prime minister (1962–70) and twice president (1966–71, 1980–85) of Uganda. He led his country to independence in 1962, but his two terms in office (both of which were ended by military coups) were consumed by struggles between Uganda’s northern and southern.
The 1971 coup d'état in Uganda was the military overthrow of president Milton Obote's government. The coup was staged by major general Idi Amin Dada, commander of the Uganda Army. The seizure of power occurred on January 25 while Obote was attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Singapore. [6]
Oct 12, 2013 · One day after Uganda’s 43rd independence anniversary in October 2005, the first independence prime minister Milton Obote died at a Johannesburg hospital. Even in the timing of his death, fate...
Mar 9, 2022 · Milton Apollo Obote was the first Prime Minister and second President of Uganda. Obote was born in the village of Akoroko in Uganda on December 28, 1925. He was the third of nine children born to his parents who were farmers.
Apr 15, 2016 · Milton Obote was a Langi from northern Uganda. He opposed this claim to power by the Baganda and, with it, the inheritance of the colonial era. With a nationwide coalition known as the...
President Apollo Milton Obote. In 1962, after losing to DP in the earlier elections, Obote jumped into an alliance with Kabakka Yekka (KY) a party that was largely advocating for Buganda’s rights. The alliance then won the independence elections, which warranted them to form the first independence government.
Oct 18, 2005 · Milton Obote was one of the last of the founding fathers of African independence and twice became Uganda's president. He was appointed Uganda's first prime...
Oct 12, 2005 · KAMPALA, Uganda — Milton Obote, the first prime minister of Uganda and a two-time president whose initial term ended with a coup led by Idi Amin and whose second was best known for its...
Oct 10, 2005 · Mr Obote was independent Uganda's first head of state. The former President of Uganda, Milton Obote, has died at the age of 80. Mr Obote took Uganda to independence from Britain in...
