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    President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979

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  1. Apr 2, 2014 · Idi Amin was a Ugandan president best known for his brutal regime and crimes against humanity while in power from 1971-1979. Updated: Sep 15, 2020. (1925-2003) Who Was Idi Amin? Idi...

  2. May 13, 2019 · Idi Amin (c. 1923–August 16, 2003), who became known as the "Butcher of Uganda" for his brutal, despotic rule as the President of Uganda in the 1970s, is perhaps the most notorious of Africa's post-independence dictators. Amin seized power in a military coup in 1971, ruled over Uganda for eight years, and imprisoned or killed at least 100,000 ...

  3. Aug 16, 2003 · Aug. 16, 2003. Idi Amin, whose eight-year reign of terror in Uganda encompassed widespread killing, torture and dispossession of multitudes and left the country pauperized, died yesterday in...

  4. Idi Amin, (born 1924/25, Koboko, Ugan.—died Aug. 16, 2003, Jiddah, Saud.Ar.), Military officer and president (1971–79) of Uganda. A member of the small Kakwa ethnic group and a Muslim, he was closely associated during his military career with Milton Obote, Uganda’s first prime minister and president. In 1971 he staged a coup against Obote.

  5. Nov 13, 2023 · Nov. 13, 2023 12:56 PM PT. KAMPALA, Uganda — Can Idi Amin be rehabilitated? The question is animating some in this East African country two decades after the death of one of Africa’s most...

  6. Idi Amin Dada (mid-1920s – August 16, 2003) was President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. His reign was characterized by human rights abuses, political repression, sectarian violence, and ethnic persecution, in particular with the expulsion of Asians from Uganda, and persecution of the Acholi people and Lango ethnic groups.

  7. Idi Amin: The Story of Africa's Icon of Evil on JSTOR. MARK LEOPOLD. Copyright Date: 2020. Published by: Yale University Press. Pages: 320. https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv18sqz3m. Select all. (For EndNote, Zotero, Mendeley) (For BibTex) Front Matter. (pp. i-iv) Front Matter. (pp. i-iv) https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv18sqz3m.1.

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