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Uganda became an independent sovereign state on 9 October 1962. As a Commonwealth realm, [1] the British monarch, Elizabeth II, remained head of state as Queen of Uganda until the link with the British monarchy was severed on 9 October 1963 and the Kabaka (King) of Buganda, Sir Edward Mutesa II, became the first President of Uganda.
Florence Alice Lubega (5 November 1917 – 28 October 2021) was a Ugandan politician and the first female Ugandan to join Parliament in the independent Uganda in May 1962. . She was one of the first female legislators of Uganda, being a member of the Legislative Council (LEGCO) in 19
Elizabeth II was Queen of Uganda as well as the head of state of Uganda from 1962 to 1963, when the country was an independent constitutional monarchy. She was also the sovereign of other countries in the Commonwealth of Nations , including the United Kingdom .
She served as a representative in the legislature during Uganda's transition from a British colony to independence. [7] She started a four-year stretch as president of the Uganda Council of Women in 1957. She was the first African to serve in that role. From 1959 to 1962 she was president of the International Council of Women.
This is a list of women artists who were born in Ugandan, of Ugandan descent, or whose artworks are closely associated with that country. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
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.
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]
During the mid-1950s, she was admitted to Makerere University School of Medicine to study human medicine, the first female in the history of the school. Following graduation from Makerere, she undertook postgraduate studies in the United Kingdom and the United States, returning to Uganda in 1962. [3]