List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Uganda

This article lists the ministers of foreign affairs of Uganda since the country gained independence from the United Kingdom on 9 October 1962.[1][2]

List of ministers

Number	Name	From	To	Notes
1	Milton Obote	1962	1966	Sam Odaka was minister of State from 1964 to 1966[2]
2	Sam Odaka	1966	1971
3	Joshua Wanume Kibedi	1971	1973
	Paul Etyang	1973	1973	In acting capacity
4	Michael Ondoga	1973	1974
5	Princess Elizabeth of Toro	1974	1974	Princess (Batebe) of the Tooro Kingdom
6	Idi Amin	1974	1975	First tenure; Juma Oris served as acting minister during this time[3]
7	Juma Oris	1975	1978
8	Idi Amin	1978	1979	Second tenure
9	Juma Bashir	?	1979	Last foreign minister under the Amin regime; fled to Juba in Sudan during the Uganda–Tanzania War[4][5]
10	Otema Allimadi	1979	1979
11	Godfrey Binaisa	1979	1979
12	Otema Allimadi	1979	1980
13	Milton Obote	1980	1985
14	John Luwuliza Kirunda	1985	1985
15	Olara Otunnu	1985	1986
16	Ibrahim Mukiibi	1986	1988
17	Paul Ssemogerere	1988	1994
18	Ruhakana Rugunda	1994	1996
19	Eriya Kategaya	1996	2001
20	James Wapakhabulo	2001	2004	Died in office
	Tom Butime	2004	2005	In acting capacity
21	Sam Kutesa	2005	2014
	Henry Oryem Okello	2014	2015	In acting capacity while Sam Kutesa was President of the United Nations General Assembly
	Sam Kutesa	2015	present

See also

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Uganda)
• Foreign relations of Uganda
• List of diplomatic missions of Uganda
• List of Ministers of Internal Affairs of Uganda
• List of Ministers of Justice and Constitutional Affairs of Uganda

References

1. MOFA (26 June 2017). "Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Uganda): About Us". Kampala: Uganda Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA). Retrieved 22 June 2017.
2. Rulers (26 June 2017). "List of Foreign Ministers of Uganda since 1962". Rulers.org (Rulers). Retrieved 26 June 2017.
3. Keesing's Record (1975), p. 7.
4. Seftel 2010, p. 239.
5. Wren, Christopher S. (13 June 1979). "Ugandan Refugees Finding A Haven in Southern Sudan". The New York Times. p. 2. Retrieved 21 December 2019.

Bibliography

• "B. UGANDA" (PDF). Keesing's Record of World Events. 21. August 1975.
• Seftel, Adam, ed. (2010) [1st pub. 1994]. Uganda: The Bloodstained Pearl of Africa and Its Struggle for Peace. From the Pages of Drum. Kampala: Fountain Publishers. ISBN 978-9970-02-036-2.

External links

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs