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1972 invasion of Uganda. Uganda–Tanzania War. Idi Amin Dada Oumee ( / ˈiːdi ɑːˈmiːn, ˈɪdi -/ ⓘ, UK also /- æˈmiːn /; 30 May 1928 – 16 August 2003) was a Ugandan military officer and politician who served as the third president of Uganda from 1971 to 1979.
Jun 20, 2024 · Idi Amin (born 1924/25, Koboko, Uganda—died August 16, 2003, Jiddah, Saudi Arabia) was a military officer and president (1971–79) of Uganda whose regime was noted for the sheer scale of its brutality.
Nov 27, 2022 · Considered one of the most brutal dictators in African history, Idi Amin launched a coup in 1971 and ruled Uganda until he was deposed in 1979. Idi Amin had at least six wives and 43 children. In the middle of his dictatorship, one of his wives was found in a car, dismembered and sewn back together.
Dec 16, 2009 · Idi Amin was a Ugandan military officer and politician. In 1971 he overthrew the elected government of Milton Obote and declared himself president of Uganda, launching a ruthless eight-year...
May 13, 2019 · Idi Amin (c. 1923–August 16, 2003), who became known as the "Butcher of Uganda" for his brutal, despotic rule as the President of Uganda in the 1970s, is perhaps the most notorious of Africa's post-independence dictators. Amin seized power in a military coup in 1971, ruled over Uganda for eight years, and imprisoned or killed at least 100,000 ...
May 9, 2024 · Idi Amin, one of the most notorious figures in modern African history, ruled Uganda with an iron fist from 1971 to 1979. His regime was characterized by gross human rights abuses, political repression, and economic mismanagement.
Aug 16, 2003 · Idi Amin, whose eight-year reign of terror in Uganda encompassed widespread killing, torture and dispossession of multitudes and left the country pauperized, died yesterday in Jidda, Saudi Arabia...
Idi Amin, (born 1924/25, Koboko, Ugan.—died Aug. 16, 2003, Jiddah, Saud.Ar.), Military officer and president (1971–79) of Uganda. A member of the small Kakwa ethnic group and a Muslim, he was closely associated during his military career with Milton Obote, Uganda’s first prime minister and president. In 1971 he staged a coup against Obote.
Elsewhere in the world, his name has become synonymous with brutal and psychotic African dictatorship. In the Western popular imagination, he is a mainstay of books and TV series with titles like The Fifty Most Evil Men and Women in History, The World’s Most Evil People, The World’s Most Evil Dictators, ... xml.
Jul 5, 2019 · Idi Amin, a Ugandan general who seized power in a 1971 coup and launched an eight-year reign of terror that left as many as 300,000 civilians dead, was no different: As historian Derek R....
