Mustafa Adrisi

Mustafa Adrisi
3rd Vice President of Uganda
In office
January 1977 – 1979
PresidentIdi Amin
Preceded byJohn Babiiha
Succeeded byPaulo Muwanga
Minister of Defence of Uganda
In office
? – 8 May 1978
PresidentIdi Amin
Minister of Internal Affairs of Uganda
In office
16 February 1977 – 8 May 1978
PresidentIdi Amin
Preceded byCharles Oboth Ofumbi
Uganda Army Chief of Staff
In office
1974 – January 1977
PresidentIdi Amin
Preceded byHussein Marella (acting)
Charles Arube (de jure)
Succeeded byIsaac Lumago
Personal details
Born1922 (1922)
Died28 July 2013(2013-07-28) (aged 90–91)
Kampala, Uganda
Spouse8
RelationsIdi Amin
Nickname"Mr. Foreign Exchange"
Military service
Allegiance British Empire
 Uganda
Branch/serviceKing's African Rifles
Uganda Army
Uganda National Rescue Front
Years of service1951–1987
RankGeneral
CommandsMilitary Police Force
Uganda Army
Battles/wars

Mustafa Adrisi Abataki (c. 1922 – 28 July 2013) was a Ugandan military officer who served as the third vice president of Uganda from 1977 to 1979 and was one of President Idi Amin's closest associates before the two fell out. In 1978, after Adrisi was injured in a suspicious auto accident, troops loyal to him mutinied. Amin sent troops against the mutineers, some of whom had fled across the Tanzanian border, possibly contributing to the Uganda–Tanzania War.[1] As the Ugandan war effort collapsed, Adrisi fled to Sudan where he claimed to retain the post of Vice President. He became briefly involved in the rebel activities of the Uganda National Rescue Front before returning from exile in 1987. He struggled with health problems in his later life and died in 2013.

  1. ^ Military rule under Amin, Library of Congress Country Studies: Uganda Archived July 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine