Ruhakana Rugunda (born 7 November 1947) is a Ugandan physician and politician who was Prime Minister of Uganda from 2014 to 2021. He held a long series of cabinet posts under President Yoweri Museveni beginning in 1986. He served as Uganda's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1994 to 1996, and Minister of Internal Affairs from 2003 to 2009. Subsequently, he was Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 2009 to 2011 and Minister of Health from 2013 to 2014.
17-420: Amama may refer to: Amama Mbabazi , Ugandan lawyer and politician Sixtinus Amama , Dutch theologian Amama (album) , a 2024 album by Crumb Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Amama . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
34-760: A Bachelor of Laws from Makerere University . He received a postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Center in Kampala . He is an Advocate of the Courts of Judicature of Uganda and has been a member of the Uganda Law Society since 1977. Before entering politics, he worked as a state attorney in the Attorney General 's Chambers from 1976 to 1978, rising to the position of secretary of
51-580: A position held from 1996 until 2016, when he ran unsuccessfully for the Presidency. He was born in Mparo Village, Rukiga County, in present-day Rukiga District , on 16 January 1949. He attended two of the most prominent educational institutions in Uganda during both the colonial and post-colonial periods: Kigezi College Butobere for his high school education, and Ntare School for his A-Levels. Mbabazi earned
68-629: Is a Ugandan politician who served as the ninth Prime Minister of Uganda from 24 May 2011 to 19 September 2014. He played an instrumental role in Uganda's protracted liberation struggle from several tyrannical governments (1972-1986) and is a founding member of the National Resistance Movement , the ruling political party in Uganda. Mbabazi served as the member of parliament for the Kinkiizi West constituency in Kanungu District ,
85-783: The 2016 general election he received 1.39% of the vote, placing third. Mbabazi has represented Uganda in international fora, including the United Nations Security Council , where he argued for the international community to allow the Uganda People's Defense Force to pursue the Lord's Resistance Army fighters into the Democratic Republic of the Congo . Ruhakana Rugunda He was appointed as Prime Minister on 18 September 2014 to 21 June 2021. He replaced Amama Mbabazi , who
102-699: The President of the Security Council in July 2009 and in October 2010 during Uganda's two-year stint on the Security Council . In the cabinet reshuffle of 27 May 2011, he was instead appointed as Minister of Information and Communication Technology. In May 2013, he was moved to the post of Minister of Health, replacing Christine Ondoa , who became an advisor to the President of Uganda on public health matters. Rugunda
119-796: The Uganda Law Council from 1977 to 1979. Between 1986 and 1992, he served as head of the External Security Organisation . He has also served as Minister of State in the President's Office, in charge of political affairs. He became secretary of the NRM caucus in the Constituent Assembly that drafted the 1995 Uganda Constitution. Between 1986 and 1992, he was Minister of State for Defence. Subsequently, he served as Minister of State for Regional Cooperation from 1998 to 2001. He
136-861: The University of Zambia where he studied medicine, graduating a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery . He later studied at the University of California, Berkeley and obtained a Master of Science in public health. Before joining Ugandan politics, Rugunda worked as medical officer in Zambia , as a physician at the District of Columbia General Hospital in Washington, D. C. , and at Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya . While attending Makerere University in Uganda, Rugunda, commonly referred to as "Ndugu" ( Swahili for "brother") by friends, served as President of
153-596: The Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). In July 2006, Rugunda led a Ugandan government negotiating team to Juba to hold peace talks with the Lord's Resistance Army . In January 2009, he was appointed as Uganda's Permanent Representative to the United Nations. At the same time, the position was elevated to Cabinet Ministerial level in Uganda. He twice served as
170-532: The National Union of Students of Uganda (NUSU), a political youth movement. As a young political activist, Rugunda was part of the Uganda People's Congress (UPC) and was said to be close to President Apollo Milton Obote . In one of the last interviews before his death, Obote lamented as to why the brilliant Rugunda had gotten himself entangled with Yoweri Museveni and the National Resistance Movement . Rugunda
187-421: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amama&oldid=1226642041 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Amama Mbabazi John Patrick Amama Mbabazi , SC (simply known as Amama Mbabazi , born 16 January 1949)
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#1732852090831204-460: Was Attorney General and Minister of Justice from 2004 to 2006, a feat that earned him the moniker "Super Minister". He was appointed Minister of Defence in 2006, a position he held until he was appointed Minister of Security. He served as Minister of Security from February 2009 until May 2011, when he was appointed prime minister. He was Secretary General of the NRM from November 2005 to January 2015. Mbabazi's childhood friend Ruhakana Rugunda
221-558: Was Minister of Health from 1986 to 1988, Minister of Works, Transport and Communication from 1988 to 1994, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1994 to 1996, Minister of Information from 1996 to 1998, Minister at the Presidency from 1998 to 2001, Minister of Water, Lands and Environment from 2001 to 2003, and Minister of Internal Affairs from 2003 to 2009. He also served as Chairman of the NRM Electoral Commission, as Member of Parliament for Kabale Municipality , and as President of
238-417: Was appointed to replace Mbabazi as prime minister on 18 September 2014, by President Yoweri Museveni . This move was seen by many as Museveni's way of punishing Mbabazi for his rumoured presidential run. On 15 June 2015, Mbabazi declared his intentions to run against Yoweri Museveni for the National Resistance Movement 's nomination for president at the party's convention on 4 October 2015. This declaration
255-618: Was dropped from the Cabinet . Rugunda was born in Kabale District on 7 November 1947. As a young boy, he would often sit and read the newspapers to his father Surumani Rugunda, and it is these experiences at an early age that sparked his later interest in politics. Rugunda attended Kigezi High School and Busoga College Mwiri where he served as head prefect, before joining the Makerere University Medical School and later
272-423: Was followed by a response from President Museveni who dubbed it "bad conduct and premature". On 31 July, after much disagreement between top-ranking party officials and Mbabazi himself, the former prime minister declared he would stand as an independent candidate. His candidature is backed by The Democratic Alliance (TDA), a loose convergence of minor political parties working to win the position of presidency. In
289-547: Was one of a few who had been seen by Obote as future leaders of the party and country. In 1985 he met with the leaders of the Ugandan National Resistance Movement (NRM) at the inn "Zum grünen Jäger" in Unterolberndorf, Austria, for a conspirative conference to elaborate a political programme for the liberated Uganda . After Museveni took power in 1986, Rugunda held a long series of Cabinet posts: he
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