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Yoweri Museveni

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Also known as Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Tibuhaburwa, Mu7, Yoweri, Kagutta

President of Uganda since 1986

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Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Tibuhaburwa is a Ugandan politician, writer, and former military personnel who serves as the President of Uganda. Born in Ntungamo in 1944, he is a member of the National Resistance Movement. His educational background includes studies at the University of Dar es Salaam, Grinnell College, Fatih University, and Makerere University. He has held the position of Commonwealth Chair-in-Office and has participated in conflicts including the Uganda–Tanzania War, the Ugandan Bush War, and the Rwandan Civil War.

Museveni is a writer with works such as *Why privatisation is a correct strategy*, *Why did Africa lag behind?*, and *A constitution to build Uganda*. He has received several international honors, including the Order of Good Hope, the Order of the Golden Heart of Kenya, the Order of Playa Girón, and the Order of the Republic of Serbia. He is married to Janet Museveni and has a son named Muhoozi Kainerugaba. His religious affiliations include Anglicanism and Protestantism, and he speaks English and Runyankole.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1944
Works
19

Top works

  • Y. Kaguta Museveni's speech at the launch of his election manifesto at Uganda International Conference Centre, Kampala, March 27, 1996
  • Why privatisation is a correct strategy
  • Why did Africa lag behind?
  • A constitution to build Uganda
  • What did Buganda gain from the new Constitution

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Listeners
6
Total plays
14

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Pharmacokinetics of First-Line Drugs Among Children With Tuberculosis in Rural Tanzania

    · 2018 · cited 24x

  2. Changes in susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum to antimalarial drugs in Uganda over time: 2019–2024

    · 2025 · cited 14x

  3. Determination of Rifampin Concentrations by Urine Colorimetry and Mobile Phone Readout for Personalized Dosing in Tuberculosis Treatment

    · 2020 · cited 12x

  4. Home administration of a multistrain probiotic once per day for 4 weeks to newborn infants in Tanzania (ProRIDE): a double-blind, placebo-controlled randomised trial

    · 2025 · cited 11x

  5. Etiology of severe invasive infections in young infants in rural settings in sub-Saharan Africa

    · 2022 · cited 11x

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Quotes

  • “We fought a lonely battle against terrorism sponsored by Sudan, and we have defeated it; we cannot be intimidated by any force. For us our guide is the Constitution of Uganda and the laws there under.”
  • “This is not a mere change of guards, I think this is a fundamental change in the politics of our government.”
  • “Some people say accident; it may be an accident. It may be something else. The [helicopter] was very well equipped, this was my [helicopter] the one I am flying all the time, I am not ruling anything out. Either the pilot panicked... [E]ither there was some side wind or the instruments failed or there was an external factor.”
  • “If General Omar el Bashir's government gives me permission to pursue Kony beyond the red line, it will only take me 30 minutes to finish him and his fighters.”
  • “Even when we were still fighting in the bush against the oppressive dictatorships of Idi Amin and Milton Obote, we introduced elections for the committees of the villages under our control.”
  • “In 1972, Idi Amin expelled 80,000 [Ugandan] Indians and confiscated their 4,000 properties. Now, after returning those properties to their rightful owners, we have ensured that security of persons and property are guaranteed under the constitution.”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Uganda
Place of birth
Ntungamo
Spouse
Janet Museveni
Occupation
military personnel
Educated at
Mbarara High School
Political party
National Resistance Movement
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
Runyankole
Religion
Protestantism
Award
International Kim Il-sung Prize
Field of work
politics
Conflict
Rwandan Civil War
Military branch
Uganda People's Defence Force
Military rank
general
Official website
www.yowerikmuseveni.com
Image
Yoweri Museveni September 2015.jpg
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Yoweri Museveni
date of birth
1944-09-15
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name in native language
Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Tibuhaburwa
candidacy in election
2021 Ugandan general election
significant person
John Garang
social media followers
18600
P10632
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affiliation string
Office of the President Uganda
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Encyclopedic overview

Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Tibuhaburwa (born 15 September 1944) is a Ugandan politician, dictator, and former rebel leader who has served as the president of Uganda since 1986. Museveni’s government has long been widely considered to be dictatorial, with political parties being effectively banned from 1986 to 2005, and the use of political repression, lawfare and ballot stuffings to maintain power since the 2005 Ugandan multi-party referendum. As of 2026, after ruling Uganda for more than 40 years, he is currently the third longest-serving non-royal leader in the world behind dictators Paul Biya and Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.

Born in Ntungamo, Uganda (then under British control), Museveni studied political science from the University of Dar es Salaam where he initiated the University Students' African Revolutionary Front. In 1972, he joined the failed invasion of Uganda against Idi Amin's dictatorship.The next year, Museveni established the Front for National Salvation and fought alongside Tanzanian forces in the Tanzania–Uganda War, which overthrew Amin. Museveni contested the subsequent 1980 general election on the platform of Uganda Patriotic Movement, though claimed electoral fraud after losing to the unpopular Milton Obote. Museveni unified the opposition under the National Resistance Movement and started the Ugandan Bush War. On 30 January 1986, after the decisive Battle of Kampala, Museveni was sworn as president.

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