“only justified wars are the just wars, like the anti-colonial wars. Wars of hegemony will fail and waste time and opportunity. Dialogue is the correct way.”
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Yoweri Museveni
Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Tibuhaburwa 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…
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politics · President and dictator of Uganda since 1986 · politician · writer · military personnel · minister · Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda · also Yoweri Museveni, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Tibuhaburwa, Yoweri, Kaguta, Museveni
Born 15 August 1944 · Q57274
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2026· 13 entries
“s ideas on revolutionary violence to post-colonial Africa. He joined Uganda”
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Published video “EXTRAORDINARY SUMMIT OF AUSSOM TROOP-CONTRIBUTING COUNTRIES TCC”.
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Published video “PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS ON MATTERS OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE”.
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Published video “KALANGALA WOMAN MP BY-ELECTION CAMPAIGN RALLY”.
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Published video “NATIONAL BUDGET DAY 2026 - 2027”.
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Published video “PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS ON THE EBOLA SITUATION”.
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Published video “HEROES DAY ADDRESS BY H.E. YOWERI K MUSEVENI”.
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Published video “President Museveni Salutes Bush War Heroes at 37th Heroes’ Day Celebrations”.
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Published video “STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS”.
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Published video “President Museveni Reassures Ugandans on Ebola Outbreak, Tells CNN to Stop Spreading Fear”.
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Published video “President Museveni Addresses Ebola Fears at Tourism Expo”.
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Career landmark: President of Uganda (2026).
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2024· 3 entries
AFP Fact Check rated the claim “US ambassador handing an apology letter to Yoweri Museveni” False.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Video of Museveni threatening Ugandan protesters in 2024” False.
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Career landmark: Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement (2024).
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2023· 3 entries
AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Museveni's has died” FALSE.
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Awarded Order of South Africa (2023).
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Museveni signed an anti-LGBTQ+ bill and called on other African leaders to reject the "promotion of homosexuality"
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2022· 1 entry
AP News rated the claim “Video shows Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni doing martial arts in a white hat and robe.” False.
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2021· 2 entries
AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Museveni’s son threatens Buganda Kingdom” False.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “This is a quote from Paul Kagame expressing support for Yoweri Museveni” 1.
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2020· 1 entry
AFP Fact Check rated the claim “President Museveni buys more than 100 pair of sporty shoes to lure youthful voters” False.
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2019· 5 entries
Claimed: “Trees in Finland can take 120 years to mature” — rated Correct by Africa Check.
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Claimed: “Universal Primary Education and Universal Secondary Education have raised the level of the adult literacy rate from 43% to 75%.” — rated Mostly correct by Africa Check.
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Claimed: “In some years, the growth rate went up to 11% per annum. This was in the years 1994/95/96.” — rated Misleading by Africa Check.
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Claimed: “The average rate of growth of the economy ever since 1986 has been 6.3% per annum” — rated Correct by Africa Check.
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Claimed: “In the last 32 years the economy has always been growing at the rates of 6.3% and above per annum except for the years 1986/1987, 2012/ 2013” — rated Incorrect by Africa Check.
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2016· 2 entries
Awarded Order of the Republic of Serbia (2016).
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Campaign: 2016 election.
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2014· 1 entry
Awarded International Kim Il-sung Prize (2014).
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2011· 2 entries
Opposition leader Kizza Besigye staged "Walk to Work" protests against the high cost of living
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“s arrest led to more riots in Kampala. Besigye promised that”
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2009· 2 entries
Won National Liberation Medal (2009).
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MSNBC and NPR reported on Jeff Sharlet's investigation regarding ties between Museveni and the American fundamentalist Christian organization The Fellowship (also known as "The Family")
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2007· 2 entries
Museveni deployed troops to the African Union's peacekeeping operation in Somalia
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Career landmark: Commonwealth Chair-in-Office (2007–2009).
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2003· 1 entry
And a contingent of UN peace keepers was deployed
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2001· 3 entries
Museveni won the presidential elections by a substantial majority, with his former friend and personal physician Kizza Besigye as the only real challenger
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That he was contesting for the last time
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When he promised the country and the world at large to hand over power peacefully and in an orderly manner at the end of his second and last term
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2000· 1 entry
Rwandan and Ugandan troops exchanged fire on three occasions in the DRC city of Kisangani, leading to tensions and a deterioration in relations between Kagame and Museveni
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1997· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Good Hope (1997).
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1990· 1 entry
Career landmark: chairperson of the Organisation of African Unity (1990–1991).
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1988· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Playa Girón (1988).
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1986· 1 entry
Career landmark: President of Uganda (1986).
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1984· 7 entries
“Some people think that being in government for a long time is a bad thing. But the more you stay, the more you learn. I am now an expert in governance.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“Africa is wealthy in natural resources; the problem is they are not optimally utilized.”
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“When we sell a kilo of bean coffee in Uganda, we get one dollar per kilo. The same kilo, when it is processed [and sold in the UK], goes for $10, $11 or even more a kilo. That is the same situation [price disparity] that goes for all raw materials.”
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“I've never heard an agency say: "Unless you industrialize I will not support you.”
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“If there is no bread eat mwogo (cassava). Africans really confuse themselves. You’re complaining that there's no bread or wheat, please eat mwogo. I don’t eat bread myself...”
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1979· 1 entry
And the contested election that returned Milton Obote to power in 1980, Museveni returned to Uganda with his supporters to gather strength in their rural strongholds in the Bantu-dominated south and south-west to form th
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1978· 1 entry
Pastor of Covenant Nations Church Buziga, Kampala, married to Odrek Rwabwogo
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1976· 1 entry
Fashion designer and consultant, married to Edwin Karugire, private secretary to the president of Uganda for household affairs
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1974· 1 entry
A general in the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) who was promoted to the rank of major general in 2016 and later general in 2022
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1972· 2 entries
“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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Joined the failed invasion of Uganda against Idi Amin's dictatorship
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1970· 1 entry
Studied at University of Dar es Salaam (1970).
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1953· 1 entry
At Kyamate Boys School, then joined Mbarara High School in 1959
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1944· 1 entry
Born 1944-08-15.
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