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Idi Amin Dada Oumee (/ ˈ iː d i ɑː ˈ m iː n, ˈ ɪ d i-/ ⓘ, UK also /-æ ˈ m iː n /; 30 May 1928 – 16 August 2003) was a Ugandan military officer and politician who served as the third president of Uganda from 1971 until his overthrow in 1979. He ruled as a military dictator and is considered one of the most brutal despots in modern ...
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] For various reasons, relations between Obote and Amin—his army commander—had become insidiously strained.
Operation Dada Idi was a military offensive conducted by Tanzania against the Ugandan government of Idi Amin and its Libyan and Palestinian allies in March and April 1979 during the Uganda–Tanzania War. The attack took place amid the disintegration of the Uganda Army, and thus encountered only sporadic and disorganised resistance.
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General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait (French: Général Idi Amin Dada: Autoportrait) is a 1974 documentary film by French director Barbet Schroeder with English dialogue. It was made with the support and participation of its subject, the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. The film depicts Amin at the height of his power as the ruler of Uganda.
Idi Amin, pictured shortly after the expulsion. On 4 August 1972, Amin declared that Britain would need to take on the responsibility for caring for British subjects who were of Indian origin, [6] accusing them of "sabotaging Uganda's economy and encouraging corruption". [5]
The 1972 invasion of Uganda [2] was an armed attempt by Ugandan insurgents, supported by Tanzania, to overthrow the regime of Idi Amin.Under the orders of former Ugandan President Milton Obote, insurgents launched an invasion of southern Uganda with limited Tanzanian support in September 1972.
The Uganda Army's morale was connected to Idi Amin's ability to provide the troops with rewards [157] such as scotch whisky (examples pictured). [158] The Uganda Army was Idi Amin's primary base of power. He consequently granted the soldiers rewards to keep them loyal [157] and developed an "advanced clientage and patronage system". [159]