Juma Oris

Juma Oris
1970s photo of Oris
Oris as minister in the 1970s.
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
25 May 1975 – 1978
Preceded byIdi Amin (formally)
Himself (as acting minister)
Succeeded byIdi Amin
Minister of Information and Broadcasting of Uganda
In office
?–1978
Succeeded byIdi Amin
Minister for Animal Resources and Minister of Lands
In office
?–1979
Personal details
BornNorthern Uganda or Nimule, Sudan
DiedMarch 2001
Khartoum or Juba, Sudan
OccupationMilitary officer, politician, militia leader, mercenary
Military service
Allegiance Uganda
 Sudan
Branch/serviceUganda Army
Sudanese Armed Forces
Former Uganda National Army
Uganda National Rescue Front
West Nile Bank Front
Years of service?–1979; 1980s–1990s
RankColonel
Battles/warsUganda–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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