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Ibrahim Mukiibi
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uganda
In office
1986–1989
PresidentYoweri Museveni
Preceded byOlara Otunnu
Succeeded byPaul Ssemogerere
Minister of Internal Affairs of Uganda
In office
1986–1987
PresidentYoweri Museveni
Preceded byKahinda Otafiire
Succeeded byCrispus Kiyonga
Ugandan ambassador to the Scandinavian Countries
PresidentIdi Amin
Ugandan ambassador to the Ukraine
In office
2002–2003
PresidentYoweri Museveni
Ugandan ambassador to Saudi Arabia
In office
2005 – 22 November 2012
PresidentYoweri Museveni
Ugandan ambassador to Egypt
In office
2003–2005
PresidentYoweri Museveni
Ugandan ambassador to Israel
PresidentYoweri Museveni
Ugandan ambassador to Tanzania
In office
2006 – 9 October 2012
PresidentYoweri Museveni
Senior Adviser to the President
In office
9 October 2012 – Incumbent
PresidentYoweri Museveni
Personal details
Born (1945-05-04) 4 May 1945 (age 79)
NationalityUgandan
Political partyNational Resistance Movement
SpouseHarri
Residence(s)Serenada Eco Resort, Lake Victoria, Uganda (about 35 minutes by boat off the coast of >Ggaba, Kampala, Central Region of Uganda
OccupationDiplomat, minister, politician, hotelier, ambassador

Ibrahim Mukiibi (born 5 May 1945) is a Ugandan minister, diplomat, and entrepreneur. He was the powerful Minister of Internal Affairs throughout the early 1990s under president Yoweri Museveni, and has been an ambassador for Uganda to numerous foreign nations.[1] He is also a successful hotelier, running the Serenada Eco-Resort with his wife Harriet on the shores of Lake Victoria.[2]

Political career

Early days

One of Mukiibi's first prominent political roles was as Uganda's ambassador to the Scandinavian countries, a position he held during the Idi Amin regime.[3] He was out of political power during Apolo Milton Obote's second term, but reentered when his ally Yoweri Museveni took power. He also worked at the African Union on behalf of Uganda during the reign of Idi Amin.[4]

Minister

Mukiibi was a prominent minister in the early days of the Yoweri Museveni regime. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uganda from 1986, when Museveni took power, until 1988.[5] He then served as the powerful Minister of Internal Affairs of Uganda from 1989 to 1994, replacing Kahinda Otafiire, who had to resign as Minister of Internal Affairs after he brandished a pistol at a woman at a Kampala bar.[6][7] Ibrahim Mukiibi left the role in 1987, being replaced by Crispus Kiyonga.[8]

Return to ambassador

Mukiibi was appointed Uganda's ambassador to the Ukraine in 2002, serving until 2003.[9] In 2003, he moved to be Uganda's ambassador to Egypt.[10] In 2005, in a cabinet reshuffling, Museveni moved Mukiibi to the role of ambassador to Saudi Arabia.[11] He moved to Tanzania in 2006, his longest serving role with an important neighboring country.[12] He left the role in 2012, to a farewell party in Dar es Salaam on behalf of the Tanzanian government.[13]

Return to Uganda

In 2012, Mukiibi was brought back home to be closer to President Museveni and serve as a Senior Presidential Adviser on Retainer, alongside Francis Butagaira, the Ugandan Ambassador to the European Union in Brussels.[14]

Serenada Eco-Resort

In the turbulent 1980s, the moneyed Harriet and Ibrahim Mukiibi snatched up land in a nature reserve on the shores of Lake Victoria in the tropical forest in Kyaggwe, in the Mukono District.[15] There they established the Serenada Eco-Resort, featuring luxury tents, canoeing, a restaurant, and a bar, 25 minutes by boat from Ggaba.[15]

References

  1. ^ Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Refworld | Uganda: Whether there is compulsory military service and whether there was a general call-up to report for military training in or about August 1989". Refworld. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
  2. ^ Serenada Eco Resort. "Serenada Eco Resort: About Us". Serenada Eco Resort. Retrieved 26 June 2019. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  3. ^ Kasozi, A.; Kasozi; Musisi, Nakanyike; Sejjengo, James Mukooza (1994-12-21). Social Origins of Violence in Uganda, 1964-1985. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. ISBN 9780773512184.
  4. ^ Jabo, Josephine (8 July 2016). [ugandamediacentreblog "An Ambassador's Account of Operation Entebbe"]. Uganda Media Centre. Retrieved 25 June 2019. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  5. ^ Republic of Uganda Ministry of Foreign Affairs. "About Us; Republic of Uganda Ministry of Foreign Affairs". Republic of Uganda Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 26 June 2019. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  6. ^ Perlez, Jane; Times, Special to The New York (1989-06-15). "Uganda After Its Years of Terror: A New Political Stability Emerges". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
  7. ^ Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Refworld | Uganda: Whether there is compulsory military service and whether there was a general call-up to report for military training in or about August 1989". Refworld. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
  8. ^ Etukuri, Charles (9 November 2005). "Kiyonga: A Loyal Movement Cadre". New Vision (Kampala). Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  9. ^ Group, Taylor & Francis (2003-07-10). The Europa World Year Book 2003. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781857432275.
  10. ^ Vision Reporter (26 November 2003). "Envoy best investment promoter". New Vision. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  11. ^ Osike, Felix (29 August 2005). "Museveni picks new ambassadors". New Vision. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  12. ^ Asinja Habati, Mubtasi; Mukiibi Sserunjogi, Eraisa (28 July 2012). "Uganda's ageing cabinet". The Independent. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  13. ^ Kazoka, Ludovick (22 November 2012). "Tanzania: Outgoing Ugandan Envoy Hails Dar es Salaam Infrastructure". Tanzania Daily News Dar es Salaam. All Africa. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  14. ^ Observer Team (19 August 2012). "Why Museveni shook up his envoys, RDCs". The Observer. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  15. ^ a b Abbey Tatya, Rafsanjan (25 October 2015). "Adventure, culture and nature meet". Daily Monitor. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
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