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This is a list of the heads of state of Uganda, from the independence of Uganda in 1962 to the present day. From 1962 to 1963, the head of state under the Constitution of 1962 was the queen of Uganda, Elizabeth II, who was also the monarch of other Commonwealth realms. The queen was represented in Uganda by a governor-general.
The office of the president of Uganda was formed on 9th October 1963 to replace the Queen of Uganda(which was last held by Elizabeth II) as head of state.It was entirely a ceremonial role i.e without executive powers during the time of the first holder Mutesa II of Bugandauntil the end of the Mengo Crisis in 1967 when Milton Obote took over ending the alliance between the Uganda People’s ...
Pages in category "Presidents of Uganda" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Tibuhaburwa [a] (born 15 September 1944) is a Ugandan politician and military officer who is the ninth and current president of Uganda since 1986. As of 2025, he is the third-longest consecutively serving current non-royal national leader in the world (after Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo in Equatorial Guinea and Paul Biya in Cameroon).
Mutesa, the Kabaka (King) of Buganda, became the ceremonial president, with Obote as executive prime minister. [6] From left to right: Grace Ibingira, Obote, and John Kakonge in 1962. In January 1964, a mutiny occurred at the military barracks at Jinja, Uganda's second city and home to the 1st Battalion of the Uganda Army. There were similar ...
In the years preceding Uganda's independence from the United Kingdom in 1962, Mutesa became part of the monarchist Kabaka Yekka party which then formed a coalition with Milton Obote's Uganda People's Congress. The year after Uganda's independence, Mutesa was named the first President of Uganda (then a non-executive position) in 1963 with Obote ...
Uganda's population grew from 9.5 million people in 1969 to 34.9 million in 2014. With respect to the last inter-censal period (September 2002), the population increased by 10.6 million people in the past 12 years. [213] Uganda's median age of 15 years is the lowest in the world. [138]
Upon Uganda's independence in 1962, he became chairman of the Public Service Commission. [ 6 ] Lule served as the first black [ 7 ] principal of Makerere University College from 1964 to 1970, and was assistant secretary-general of the Association of African Universities , in Accra, Ghana , between 1973 and 1978. [ 1 ]