Kizza Besigye | |
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| Born | Warren Kizza Besigye Kifefe 22 April 1956 Rukungiri, British Uganda |
| Political party | Forum for Democratic Change |
| Spouse | Winnie Byanyima |
| Relations | Olive Kobusingye (sister) |
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| Residence(s) | Kasangati, Wakiso, Uganda |
| Alma mater | Makerere University |
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Warren Kizza Besigye Kifefe (/ˈbɛsɪdʒi/; born 22 April 1956), known as Colonel Dr. Kizza Besigye, is a Ugandan physician, politician, and former military officer of the Uganda People's Defence Force. He served as the president of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) political party and was an unsuccessful candidate in Uganda's 2001, 2006, 2011, and 2016 presidential elections, losing all of them to the incumbent, Yoweri Museveni, who has been president of Uganda since 26 January 1986. The results of the 2006 elections were contested in court, and the court found massive rigging and disenfranchisement. Besigye allowed an early internal FDC election for a successor president, which took place on 24 November 2012.