Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Tibuhaburwa [a] (born 15 September 1944) is a Ugandan politician and military officer who is the ninth and current president of Uganda since 1986. As of 2024, he is the third- longest consecutively serving current non-royal national leader in the world (after Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo in Equatorial Guinea and Paul ...

Jan 14, 2025 · Yoweri Museveni, the president of Uganda since 1986. As president, he helped revitalize the country, providing political stability, a growing economy, and an improved infrastructure. He also was faced with accusations of corruption and was criticized for not stepping down from office.

Yoweri Kaguta Museveni (born 15 September 1944) is a Ugandan military officer, politician and revolutionary who is the 9th and current President of Uganda since 1986. He is considered autocratic. After Museveni lost the election of 1980, he started the Ugandan Bush War which caused over 100,000 deaths and led to the removal of Milton Obote. [1]

Jan 10, 2021 · Ugandans under the age of 35 - and that is more than three-quarters of the population - have only known one president. Yoweri Museveni, who came to power on the back of an armed uprising in 1986,...

Feb 17, 2016 · Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni is a driven man, who loves wearing big hats. Having been involved in toppling two presidents, as well as running the country for 30 years, he believes he is the...

Dec 12, 2024 · Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, 80, has defended the use of military courts to try civilians - following an outcry over the arrest and trial of opposition leader Kizza Besigye.

Sep 17, 2023 · President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni – Africa’s fourth-longest-serving head of state in 2023 – has cemented his place in history. He brought an end to two tyrannies: in 1979 his militia helped to...

Yoweri Kaguta Museveni became President of the Republic of Uganda on January 29, 1986 after leading a successful five-year liberation struggle.

Yoweri Museveni, (born 1944, Mbarra district, Uganda), President of Uganda (from 1986). As a university student he led a group allied with African liberation movements. When Idi Amin came to power in 1971, Museveni went into exile. He founded the Front for National Salvation, which helped topple Amin in 1979.

Yoweri Museveni is the current President of Uganda; a post he has held continuously since 29 January 1986. Prior to his presidency, Museveni held a post in the Ugandan intelligence service and lead various political resistance groups.