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Milton Obote

Ugandan leader twice overthrown by military coups.

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Apollo Milton Obote was a Ugandan political leader who led Uganda to independence in 1962 from British colonial administration.[1] He served as Prime Minister from 1962 to 1966 and as President from 1966 to 1971, then again from 1980 to 1985.[1] Idi Amin overthrew Obote in 1971, and in 1985 he was removed from power once more.[1][2]

Life and work

In March 1966, he suspended the constitution and declared himself President after being implicated in a gold smuggling plot.[3][4] Obote was overthrown by the army in January 1971 while visiting Singapore.[5][1] He returned to power after the 1980 elections, which the opposition believed were rigged.[6][1] He died of kidney failure on 10 October 2005 in Johannesburg, South Africa.[7]

On 28 December 1925, in Akokoro village within the Apac district of northern Uganda, Milton Obote was born.[8][1]

What the cited sources add

The same source states that historian Frank Schubert attributes Obote's lesser fame among independence leaders to his later years marked by bloody conflicts and violent repression.[9] A country study of Uganda reports that Obote's government was sensitive to its international image and followed IMF advice despite austerity measures running counter to his ideology.[10]

References

  1. Javira, "Inside the life of President Milton Obote", UgStandard, 27 February 2021. facts only, no text reused. web.archive.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Milton Obote" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Notes On Concealment Of Genocide In Uganda", Black Star News, 11 December 2008.; Bahingwire, "Why Obote II feared his home and State House", The Observer – Uganda, 18 July 2019 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Milton Obote" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Andrew Mwenda, "The Last Word: From Obote's 1966 to Museveni's 2016", The Independent Uganda, 5 December 2016; "Today in history: Obote becomes president", www.newvision.co.ug (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  4. "Today in history: Obote becomes president", www.newvision.co.ug. facts only, no text reused. newvision.co.ug
  5. Wikipedia, "Milton Obote" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: George Ivan Smith, Ghosts of Kampala: The Rise and Fall of Idi Amin (1980).; G. S. K. Ibingira (1980), African Upheavals since Independence, Westview Press, (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Milton Obote" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Today in history: Obote returns, lands in Bushenyi", www.newvision.co.ug; Javira, "Inside the life of President Milton Obote", UgStandard, 27 February 2021; "Uganda's finance ministers since independence"; "President Apollo Milton Obote State House Uganda", www.statehouse.go.ug (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Milton Obote" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Uganda's exiled ex-president Obote to retire from party's presidency", Xinhua, 28 August 2005.; "Uganda's exiled ex-president to return home before end of 2005", People's Daily Online, 2 September 2005; "Former Ugandan leader Obote dies", BBC News, 10 October 2005. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Milton Obote" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Reporter, "Akokoro: Obote's languishing birthplace", New Vision; Ingham 1994, p. 12; "Milton Obote". Encyclopædia Britannica. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. "Uganda: Obote's legacy – DW – 04/15/2016", dw.com. facts only, no text reused. dw.com
  10. "Uganda – The Second Obote Regime: 1981–85", countrystudies.us. facts only, no text reused. countrystudies.us

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From the source: “Apollo Milton Obote (28 December 1925 – 10 October 2005) was a Ugandan politician who served as the Prime Minister of Uganda from 1962 to 1966 and the president of Uganda from 1966 to 1971 and later from 1980 to 1985. A Lango, Obote studied”

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From the source: “Apollo Milton Obote was born in the Akokoro village in the Apac district in northern Uganda, on 28 December 1925.”

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