Amama Mbabazi

The Minister of Security, Uganda, Mr. Amama Mbabazi meeting with the Minister of State for External Affairs Shri Anand Sharma, in New Delhi on August 28, 2007
HE Jessica Alupo Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny Dollo Rt Hon Amama Mbabazi and other dignitaries pause for a group photo after Red Mass and the launch of CLASI activities at St Augustine Institute Nsambya.

Amama Mbabazi
9th Prime Minister of Uganda
In office
24 May 2011 – 18 September 2014
PresidentYoweri Museveni
DeputyEriya Kategaya
Preceded byApolo Nsibambi
Succeeded byRuhakana Rugunda
Minister for Security
In office
24 February 2009 – 24 May 2011
Prime MinisterApolo Nsibambi
Preceded byKabakumba Masiko
Succeeded byWilson Muruuli Mukasa
Attorney General of Uganda
In office
1 May 2004 – 9 March 2006
Prime MinisterApolo Nsibambi
Preceded byFrancis Ayume
Succeeded byKiddu Makubuya
Member of Parliament
from Kanungu District
In office
11 February 2003 – 18 February 2016
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byJames Ruugi Kaberuka Niringiyimana
Personal details
Born
Patrick Amama Mbabazi

(1949-01-16) 16 January 1949 (age 75)
Mparo, Rukiga County, Uganda Protectorate
Political partyNational Resistance Movement
Alma materMakerere University
(Bachelor of Laws)
Law Development Centre
(Diploma in Legal Practice)

John Patrick Amama Mbabazi, SC (simply known as Amama Mbabazi, born 16 January 1949) is a Ugandan politician who served as the ninth Prime Minister of Uganda from 24 May 2011 to 19 September 2014. He played an instrumental role in Uganda's protracted liberation struggle from several tyrannical governments (1972-1986) and is a founding member of the National Resistance Movement, the ruling political party in Uganda.[1]

Mbabazi served as the member of parliament for the Kinkiizi West constituency in Kanungu District, a position held from 1996 until 2016, when he ran unsuccessfully for the Presidency.[2]

  1. ^ Musoke, Cyprian (24 May 2011). "Amama Mbabazi's road to Prime Minister". New Vision. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  2. ^ Daily Monitor (2011). "Members of the 9th Ugandan Parliament (2011 - 2016)" (PDF). Daily Monitor. Kampala, Uganda. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2014.