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Apollo Milton Obote (28 December 1925 – 10 October 2005) was a Ugandan politician who served as the second prime minister of Uganda from 1962 to 1966 and the second president of Uganda from 1966 to 1971 and later from 1980 to 1985.
Milton Obote was a politician who was prime minister (1962–70) and twice president (1966–71, 1980–85) of Uganda. He led his country to independence in 1962, but his two terms in office (both of which were ended by military coups) were consumed by struggles between Uganda’s northern and southern.
President Apollo Milton Obote. In 1962, after losing to DP in the earlier elections, Obote jumped into an alliance with Kabakka Yekka (KY) a party that was largely advocating for Buganda’s rights. The alliance then won the independence elections, which warranted them to form the first independence government.
Milton Obote. Apollo Milton Opeto Obote (December 28, 1925 - October 10, 2005), Prime Minister of Uganda from 1962 to 1966 and President from 1966 to 1971 and from 1980 to 1985, was a Ugandan political leader who led Uganda to independence from the British colonial administration in 1962.
Mar 9, 2022 · Milton Apollo Obote was the first Prime Minister and second President of Uganda. Obote was born in the village of Akoroko in Uganda on December 28, 1925. He was the third of nine children born to his parents who were farmers. Obote was from the Lango ethnic group.
May 21, 2018 · Obote, (Apollo) Milton (1924– ) Ugandan politician. He created the Uganda People's Congress in 1960, and became the first prime minister of independent Uganda (1962–66). In 1966, Obote drove out the king of the old kingdom of Buganda, and became president of a more centralized state.
Oct 12, 2013 · One day after Uganda’s 43rd independence anniversary in October 2005, the first independence prime minister Milton Obote died at a Johannesburg hospital. Even in the timing of his death, fate...
Milton Obote. (1924—2005) prime minister and president of Uganda. Quick Reference. (b. 1924, d. 18 Oct 2005). President of Uganda 1966–71, 1980–5 He was born in Lango as the son of a local chief.
Apolo Milton Obote (born 1925) was a Ugandan political leader who guided his country to independence in 1962. He worked to create a centralized government to replace the divided state left by the British, but his ruthless rule in the 1980s was marked by torture and repression and the killing of more than 100,000 civilians.
Oct 18, 2005 · Milton Obote was one of the last of the founding fathers of African independence and twice became Uganda's president. He was appointed Uganda's first prime minister...
