Front for National Salvation

Front for National Salvation
Front for National Salvation
Leaders	Yoweri Museveni
Dates of operation	1971–1973 (unofficially); 1973–1980/81 (officially)
Ideology	Socialism
Size	c. 200 (1973); 30 (1978); c. 9,000–10,000 (mid-1979)
Part of	Uganda National Liberation Army (from 1979)
Allies	Tanzania; FRELIMO; Rwandese Alliance for National Unity
Battles and wars	1972 invasion of Uganda; Uganda–Tanzania War
	Succeeded by; Popular Resistance Army

The Front for National Salvation (FRONASA) was a Ugandan rebel group led by Yoweri Museveni. The group factually emerged in 1971, although it was formally founded in 1973. FRONASA, along with other militant groups such as Kikosi Maalum (led by Milton Obote), formed the Uganda National Liberation Front (UNLF) and its military wing the Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA) in 1979 to fight alongside Tanzanian forces against Idi Amin.

^ Simba, S. K. (2015). "Same Same but Different: Parties, Politics and Ideology in Uganda" (PDF). Makerere University College of Humanities and Social Sciences. pp. 10–11. Retrieved 27 April 2020.

[mak-1] Simba, S. K. (2015). "Same Same but Different: Parties, Politics and Ideology in Uganda" (PDF). Makerere University College of Humanities and Social Sciences. pp. 10–11. Retrieved 27 April 2020.

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