There are discrepancies regarding when and where he was born.
International observers and human rights groups estimate that between 100,000 and 500,000 people were killed under his regime. Īmin's rule was characterised by rampant human rights abuses, including political repression, ethnic persecution and extrajudicial killings, as well as nepotism, corruption, and gross economic mismanagement. Amin went into exile, first in Libya, then Iraq, and finally in Saudi Arabia, where he lived until his death on 16 August 2003. Tanzanian Army and rebel forces successfully captured Kampala on 11 April 1979 and ousted Amin from power.
The Tanzanian president Julius Nyerere ordered his troops to invade Uganda in response. He then attempted to annex Tanzania's Kagera Region in 1978. Īs Amin's rule progressed into the late 1970s, there was increased unrest against his persecution of certain ethnic groups and political dissidents, along with Uganda's very poor international standing due to Amin's support for the terrorist hijackers in Operation Entebbe. The UK broke diplomatic relations with Uganda in 1977, and Amin declared that he had defeated the British and added "CBE" to his title for "Conqueror of the British Empire". Uganda was a member of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights from 1977 to 1979. In 1975, Amin became the chairman of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), a Pan-Africanist group designed to promote solidarity among African states. He became aware that Ugandan President Milton Obote was planning to arrest him for misappropriating army funds, so he launched the 1971 Ugandan coup d'état and declared himself president.ĭuring his years in power, Amin shifted from being a pro-Western ruler enjoying considerable support from Israel to being backed by Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Muammar Gaddafi, Zaire's Mobutu Sese Seko, the Soviet Union, and East Germany. Uganda gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1962, and Amin remained in the army, rising to the position of major and being appointed commander of the Uganda Army in 1965. He rose to the rank of lieutenant, taking part in British actions against Somali rebels in the Shifta War and then the Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya. In 1946, he joined the King's African Rifles (KAR) of the British Colonial Army as a cook. Idi Amin was born in Koboko to a Kakwa father and Lugbara mother. He is considered one of the most brutal despots in world history. 1925 – 16 August 2003) was a Ugandan military officer, the third president of Uganda from 1971 to 1979 and de facto military dictator.
Idi Amin Dada Oumee ( / ˈ iː d i ɑː ˈ m iː n, ˈ ɪ d i -/, UK also /- æ ˈ m iː n/ c.
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