President of Uganda

President of the; Republic of Uganda;
	; Presidential Standard;
	Incumbent; Yoweri Museveni; since 26 January 1986
Term length	5 years
Inaugural holder	Frederick Edward Mutesa II
Formation	9 October 1963

List of Presidents of Uganda [edit]

(Dates in italics indicated de facto continuation of office)

Tenure	Portrait	Incumbent	Affiliation	Notes
Republic of Uganda (Jamhuri ya Uganda)
9 October 1963 to 2 March 1966		Frederick Edward Mutesa II, President	KY	Deposed in the Battle of Mengo Hill
15 April 1966 to 25 January 1971		Milton Obote, President	UPC	1st Term; Deposed in a coup d'état
25 January 1971 to 2 February 1971		Idi Amin Dada, Head of State	Mil
2 February 1971 to 11 April 1979		Idi Amin Dada, President^[1]	Mil	Deposed in the Uganda–Tanzania War
13 April 1979 to 20 June 1979		Yusuf Kironde Lule, President	UNLF
20 June 1979 to 12 May 1980		Godfrey Lukongwa Binaisa, President	UNLF	Removed from office
12 May 1980 to 22 May 1980		Paulo Muwanga, Chairman of the Military Commission	UNLF
22 May 1980 to 15 December 1980	Presidential Commission
		Saulo Musoke	n-p
		Polycarp Nyamuchoncho	n-p
		Joel Hunter Wacha-Olwol	n-p
17 December 1980 to 27 July 1985		Milton Obote, President	UPC	2nd Term; Deposed in a coup d'état
27 July 1985 to 29 July 1985		Bazilio Olara-Okello, Chairman of the Military Council	Mil
29 July 1985 to 26 January 1986		Tito Okello, Chairman of the Military Council	Mil	Deposed in the Ugandan Bush War
26 January 1986 to 29 January 1986		Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, Commander of the National Resistance Army	Mil
29 January 1986 to Present		Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President	Mil/NRM


DP	Democratic Party moderate conservative
KY	Kabaka Yekka monarchist, "King Only" party
UPC	Uganda People's Congress socialist, only legal party 1966-71, government party 1980-85
UNLF	Uganda National Liberation Front
NRM	National Resistance Movement authoritarian; not a political party, but a movement which claimed the loyalty of all Ugandans, 1986-2005
Mil	Military
n-p	non-partisan
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e • d **Summary of the 18 February 2011 Ugandan **presidential** election results**
Candidates – Parties	Votes	%
Yoweri Museveni – National Resistance Movement	5,428,368	68.38
Kizza Besigye – Forum for Democratic Change	2,064,963	26.01
Norbert Mao – Democratic Party	147,917	1.86
Olara Otunnu – Uganda People's Congress	125,059	1.58
Beti Kamya – Uganda Federal Alliance	52,782	0.66
Abed Bwanika – People's Development Party	51,708	0.65
Jaberi Bidandi Ssali – People's Progress Party	34,688	0.44
Samuel Lubega – independent	32,726	0.41
Valid votes	7,938,212	95.96
Invalid votes	334,548	4.04
Total votes (turnout: 59.29%)	8,272,760	100.00
Source: Electoral Commission of Uganda

^ From 1977 to 1979, Amin titled himself as "His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular".

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President of the Republic of Uganda
Presidential Standard
Incumbent Yoweri Museveni since 26 January 1986
Term length	5 years
Inaugural holder	Frederick Edward Mutesa II
Formation	9 October 1963