Juma Oris | |
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Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 25 May 1975 – 1978 | |
Preceded by | Idi Amin (formally) Himself (as acting minister) |
Succeeded by | Idi Amin |
Minister of Information and Broadcasting of Uganda | |
In office ?–1978 | |
Succeeded by | Idi Amin |
Minister for Animal Resources and Minister of Lands | |
In office ?–1979 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Northern Uganda or Nimule, Sudan |
Died | March 2001 Khartoum or Juba, Sudan |
Occupation | Military officer, politician, militia leader, mercenary |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Uganda Sudan |
Branch/service | Uganda Army Sudanese Armed Forces Former Uganda National Army Uganda National Rescue Front West Nile Bank Front |
Years of service | ?–1979; 1980s–1990s |
Rank | Colonel |
Battles/wars | Uganda–Tanzania War Ugandan Bush War Insurgency in northern Uganda Second Sudanese Civil War (WIA) |
Juma Abdalla Oris[a] (died in March 2001) was a Ugandan military officer and government minister during the dictatorship of Idi Amin. After fleeing his country during the Uganda–Tanzania War, he became leader of the West Nile Bank Front (WNBF), a rebel group active in the West Nile region of Uganda during the 1990s.
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