who was idi amin
Idi Amin. Idi Amin Dada (17 August 1925 â 16 August 2003) was a repressive dictator of the African country of Uganda. The President of Tanzania at the time, Julius Nyerere, invaded Uganda to save the country from Idi Amin. Amin is famous for sending all Asians, mainly from India and Pakistan, out of Uganda.