Yoweri Museveni

Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Tibuhaburwa (born 15 September 1944) be a Ugandan politician, military officer den Pan-Africanist wey serve as de ninth den current presido of Uganda since 1986. As of 2025, he be de third-longest consecutively serving current non-royal national leader insyd de world (after Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo insyd Equatorial Guinea den Paul Biya insyd Cameroon).

Born insyd Ntungamo, na Museveni study political science from de University of Dar es Salaam wer na he initiate de University Students' African Revolutionary Front. Insyd 1972, he participate insyd de abortive invasion of Uganda against de regime of President Idi Amin. De next year, Museveni establish de Front for National Salvation wey he fight alongside Tanzanian forces insyd de Tanzania–Uganda War, wich overthrow Amin. Museveni contest de subsequent 1980 general election on de platform of Uganda Patriotic Movement, though dem claim electoral fraud after he loose to de unpopular Milton Obote. Museveni unify de opposition under de National Resistance Movement wey he start de Ugandan Bush War. Insyd January 1986, after de decisive Battle of Kampala, na dem swear Museveni as presido.

As presido, na Museveni suppress de Ugandan insurgency wey na he oversee involvement insyd de Rwandan Civil War den de First Congo War. He order an intervention against de Lord's Resistance Army in an effort make he halt dema insurgency. Na dem describe ein rule by scholars as competitive authoritarianism, anaa illiberal democracy. De press be under de authority of government. Ein presidency be characterized by relative economic success den, insyd ein later period, an upsurge insyd anti-gay activity alongside numerous constitutional amendments, like de scrapping of presidential term limits insyd 2005 den age limits insyd 2017.

On 16 January 2021, na dem reelect Museveni to a sixth term plus 58.6% of de vote, despite chaw videos den reports wey dey show ballot box stuffing, over 400 polling stations plus 100% voter turnout den human rights violations. , after 36 years of ein authoritarian rule, na dem rank Uganda 166th insyd GDP (nominal) per capita den 167th by Human Development Index.

 Early life den education 
Museveni be estimated na dem born am on 15 September 1944 to parents Mzee Amos Kaguta (1916–2013), a cattle keeper, den Esteri Kokundeka Nganzi (1918–2001), insyd Ntungamo. He be an ethnic Hima of de kingdom of Mpororo (now part of Ankole).

According to Julius Nyerere, na Museveni ein poppie, Amos Kaguta, be a soldier insyd de King's African Rifles dema 7th battalion during World War II. Wen na dem born Yoweri, na relatives use to say, "Na ein poppie be a mu-seven" (meaning "insyd de seventh"). Dis be how he obtain de name Museveni.

Na ein family migrate go Ntungamo, then within de British Protectorate of Uganda. Museveni attend Kyamate Elementary School, Mbarara High School, den Ntare School for ein primary den secondary education. He attend de University of Dar es Salaam insyd Tanzania for ein tertiary education, wer na he study economics den political science. Na de university at de time be a hot bed of radical pan-African den Marxist political thought. While at university, he form de University Students' African Revolutionary Front student activist group wey he lead a student delegation to FRELIMO-held territory insyd Portuguese Mozambique wer na dem receive military training. Studying under de leftist Walter Rodney, among odas, Museveni wrep a university thesis on de applicability of Frantz Fanon ein ideas on revolutionary violence to post-colonial Africa.

 Ein life matter 
Museveni be an Anglican den a member of de Church of Uganda.

He marry Janet Kataaha Museveni, née Kainembabazi, plus whom he get four kiddies:

 Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba – born insyd 1974, general insyd de Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) Archived 16 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine Muhoozi Kainerugaba promoted to Major General – YouTube Archived 23 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine Museveni promotes Muhoozi to rank of Major General – Daily Monitor insyd de UPDF
 Natasha Karugire – born insyd 1976, fashion designer den consultant, she marry Edwin Karugire, private secretary to de presido of Uganda for household affairs.
 Patience Rwabwogo – born insyd 1978, pastor of Covenant Nations Church, Buziga, Kampala, she marry Odrek Rwabwogo.
 Diana Kamuntu – born insyd 1980, she marry Geoffrey Kamuntu.

 Honours den awards 

National honours
 60px Order of Katonga (6 February 2023)

Foreign honours
 Ribbon Distinction Country Date Reference 80px Order of Playa Girón Cuba 9 January 1988  80px Grand Cross of de Order of Good Hope South Africa November 1997  80px Order of de Republic of Serbia, 2nd Class Serbia 2016  80px Grand Collar of de Order of Independence Equatorial Guinea 25 August 2017  80px Grand Cross of de National Order of Merit Guinea 30 June 2018   Member of de Order of South Africa South Africa 28 February 2023  80px Chief of de Order of the Golden Heart Kenya 

 Honorary degrees 
 University  Country  Honour Year Humphrey School of Public Affairs  United States  Doctor of Laws  1994 Mbarara University of Science and Technology  Uganda  Doctor of Laws  2003 Latin University of Theology  United States  Doctor of Divinity 2007 Fatih University  Turkey  Honorary degree 2010 Makerere University  Uganda  Doctor of Laws 2010 University of Dar es Salaam  Tanzania  Doctor of Literature  2015

 References 

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 Read further 

 Books 

 Museveni, Yoweri (1997). Sowing the Mustard Seed: The Struggle for Freedom and Democracy in Uganda, Macmillan Education. .
 Museveni, Yoweri (2000). What Is Africa's Problem?. University of Minnesota Press. 
 Ondoga Ori Amaza. Museveni's Long March from Guerrilla to Statesman, Fountain Publishers. 
 Tripp, Aili Mari. Museveni's Uganda: Paradoxes of Power in a Hybrid Regime. Lynne Rienner Publishers. 
 Epstein, Helen C. (2017). Another Fine Mess: America, Uganda and the War on Terror, New York: Columbia Global Reports. 

 Academic papers 

 "Uganda, 1979–85: Leadership in Transition", Jimmy K. Tindigarukayo, The Journal of Modern African Studies, Vol. 26, No. 4. (December 1988), pp. 607–622. (JSTOR) 
 "Neutralising the Use of Force in Uganda: The Role of the Military in Politics", E. A. Brett, The Journal of Modern African Studies, Vol. 33, No. 1. (March 1995), pp. 129–152. (JSTOR) 
 "Called to Account: How African Governments Investigate Human Rights Violations", Richard Carver, African Affairs, Vol. 89, No. 356. (July 1990), pp. 391–415. (JSTOR) 
 "Uganda after Amin: The Continuing Search for Leadership and Control", Cherry Gertzel, African Affairs, Vol. 79, No. 317. (October 1980), pp. 461–489. (JSTOR) 
 "Social Disorganisation in Uganda: Before, during, and after Amin", Aidan Southall, The Journal of Modern African Studies, Vol. 18, No. 4. (December 1980), pp. 627–656. (JSTOR) 
 "Ugandan Relations with Western Donors in the 1990s: What Impact on Democratisation?", Ellen Hauser, The Journal of Modern African Studies, Vol. 37, No. 4. (December 1999), pp. 621–641. (JSTOR) 
 "Reading Museveni: Structure, Agency and Pedagogy in Ugandan Politics", Ronald Kassimir, Canadian Journal of African Studies, Vol. 33, No. 2/3, Special Issue: "French-Speaking Central Africa: Political Dynamics of Identities and Representations". (1999), pp. 649–673. (JSTOR) 
 "Uganda: The Making of a Constitution", Charles Cullimore, The Journal of Modern African Studies, Vol. 32, No. 4. (December 1994), pp. 707–711. (JSTOR) 
 "Uganda's Domestic and Regional Security since the 1970s", Gilbert M. Khadiagala, The Journal of Modern African Studies, Vol. 31, No. 2. (June 1993), pp. 231–255. (JSTOR) 
 "Exile, Reform, and the Rise of the Rwandan Patriotic Front", Wm. Cyrus Reed, The Journal of Modern African Studies, Vol. 34, No. 3. (September 1996), pp. 479–501. (JSTOR) 
 "Operationalising Pro-Poor Growth", A Country Case Study on Uganda, John A. Okidi, Sarah Ssewanyana, Lawrence Bategeka, Fred Muhumuza, October 2004
 "'New-Breed' Leadership, Conflict, and Reconstruction in the Great Lakes Region of Africa: A Sociopolitical Biography of Uganda's Yoweri Kaguta Museveni", Joseph Oloka-Onyango, Africa Today – Volume 50, Number 3, Spring 2004, pp. 29–52 (Project MUSE)
 "No-Party Democracy" in Uganda, Nelson Kasfir, Journal of Democracy – Volume 9, Number 2, April 1998, pp. 49–63 (Project MUSE)
 "Explaining Ugandan intervention in Congo: evidence and interpretations", John F. Clark, The Journal of Modern African Studies, 39: 261–287, 2001 (Cambridge Journals) 
 "Uganda's 'Benevolent' Dictatorship", J. Oloka-Onyango, University of Dayton website
 , James Katorobo, No. 17, Les Cahiers d'Afrique de l'est
 "Hostile to Democracy: The Movement System and Political Repression in Uganda" Peter Bouckaert, Human Rights Watch, 1 October 1999
 "Uganda: From one party to multi-party and beyond", Ronald Elly Wanda, The Norwegian Council for Africa, October 2005.
 "Protracted conflict, elusive peace – Initiatives to end the violence in northern Uganda", editor Okello Lucima, Accord issue 11, Conciliation Resources, 2002
 "Profiles of the parties to the conflict", Balam Nyeko and Okello Lucima
 "Reaching the 1985 Nairobi Agreement", Bethuel Kiplagat

 External links 

 Official website
 State House official website


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