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Idi Amin

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Also known as Idi Amin Dada, Idi Amin Dada Oumee

President of Uganda (1971-1979)

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Idi Amin was the president of Uganda from 1971 to 1979, a period marked by widespread human rights abuses and political violence that killed hundreds of thousands of people. His brutal regime is remembered as one of Africa's most oppressive dictatorships and remains significant in understanding 20th-century African history and the consequences of authoritarian rule.

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Kampala , Uganda Protectorate

Idi Amin Dada (30 May 1928 – 16 August 2003) was a military leader and President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. Amin joined the British colonial regiment, the King's African Rifles, in 1946, and eventually held the rank of Major General and Commander of the Ugandan Army before taking power in the military coup of January 1971, deposing Milton Obote. He later promoted himself to Field Marshal while…

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Christmas Karma — Self (archive footage, uncredited)2025
A Life Among Elephants — Self (archive footage)2024
Thrown into Canada2022
Året var 1972 — Self (archive footage)2021
How to Become a Tyrant — Self (archive footage)2021
Basketball: A Love Story — Self (archive footage)2018
How to Stage a Coup2017
Dictator: One Crazy Job — Self (archive footage)2013
How to Be Foreign Secretary — Self (archive footage)1998
Un siècle d'écrivains1995

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Uganda
Place of birth: Kampala
Place of death: Saudi Arabia
Occupation: military personnel
Political party: independent politician
Languages spoken: Swahili
Award: Order of Merit
Field of work: military affairs
Sport: boxing
Conflict: Uganda–Tanzania War
Military branch: Uganda People's Defence Force
Military rank: major general
Image: Idi Amin at UN (United Nations, New York) gtfy.00132 (cropped).jpg
Number of children: 43
Residence: Jeddah

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Commons category: Idi Amin
manner of death: natural causes
date of death: 2003-08-16
topic's main category: Category:Idi Amin
date of birth: 1928-05-30
place of burial: Jeddah
medical condition: syphilis
replaces: Milton Obote
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
name in native language: Idi Amin

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