Yoweri Kaguta Museveni (born in 1944), Politician and millionaire Uganda is, president of the republic of Uganda since 1986.

Biography

Born with Ntungamo in south-west from the Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is the son of a rich person landowner. It belongs to the group Tutsi of the Nyankole. It receives the name of Museveni in homage to the seventh battalion of the British colonial army “Abaseveni”, in which served as the thousands of Ugandan during the Second world war.

Raise at the school of Ntare, it leaves to make studies of sciences and of economy to the Université of Dar be-Salaam in Tanzania of 1967 with 1970, where it joined the radical nationalist movements and becomes president of the Front of the revolutionary African students (USARF). It is within the Front of release of Mozambique (Frelimo), which fights the colonial capacity Portuguese and which he learns the techniques from the Guérilla.

In 1970, it returns to Uganda and integrates the administration of the president Milton Obote, like member of the secret services.

After the Coup d'etat of Idi Amin Hobby-horse in 1971, it flees in Tanzania. It returns to Uganda in 1979 to the head of the guerilla helped by the Tanzanian army. Museveni, is then a popular character, but its party, the patriotic Mouvement Ugandan, is largely beaten with the elections of 1980, which bring back Obote to the report heading. Pretexting a faking of the elections, Museveni is withdrawn in its stronghold to set up the Armée with national resistance, a force of guerilla who drives out Obote of the presidency in January 1986.

He is the author of a work entitled Selected Articles one the Uganda Resistance War , published in Uganda in 1986.

Since it seized the power, Museveni maintains a State militarized, while attempting to restore peace in a ravaged country by the civil war and to make start again an economy dying woman. Initially guided by the Marxist economic principles which prove to be a failure, it changes strategy and makes of Uganda the " good pupil of FMI" while following the recommendations of the financial institution, with rather positive results.

Of 1991 with 1992, Museveni chairs the Organization of African Unity (OAU) and he is generally regarded as representative of the new generation of African leaders.

In May 1996, Museveni gains the first presidential election to be held in 16 years, with 74% of the votes. He is the only candidate for this election because he considers that the multi-party system is a “Western concept”. Opposed to five other candidates, he is re-elected in March 2001 with 69,3% of the voices.

When the civil war with begins in close Zaire the soldiers of Museveni will be an important support for the dissidents Laurent-Desired Kabila who will reverse Mobutu. After being itself scrambled with Kabila, president of Zaire, renamed Congo. L´armée de Museveni will fight with the rebels of Jean-Pierre Bemba against Kabila, but this support of Museveni will have a price, these soldiers will not obstruct themselves to plunder the diamond mines with Kisangani and d´or in Ituri. Museveni will benefit large from them. These operations miltaires will be supported by Great Britain and the United States.

In July 2005, it makes adopt by the Parliament an amendment of the Constitution to enable him to present itself to the next presidential elections in order to aspire to a third mandate there. At the conclusion of the elections of January 23rd, 2006, he is re-elected president with 60% of the voices.

See too

• Kizza Besigye
• List of the current leaders