HISTORY RELATED TO UGANDA POLITICAL AND MILITARY COUP

Photographic history related to UGANDA

Political and Military





Idi Amin Dada 1975





Major-General Idi Amin, (1925 - ) Ugandan soldier, and head of state, (1971 - 1978), takes the Oath of Office at the colourful ceremony in Kampala when the new government was sworn in.

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Idi Amin, (1925 - ), Ugandan soldier, and head of state, (1971 - 1978), firing a rocket launcher



Idi Amin, President of Uganda, with President Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire, previously Joseph Desire Mobutu, watching a military parade in Kampala.



President Idi Amin of Uganda addresses African heads of state at the OAU (Organisation of African Unity) Summit Conference in Gabon



Ugandan foreign minister J Wanube-Kibedi holds a copy of the 'Sunday Post' article which accuses the government of causing bloodshed in Uganda, an accusation which he refutes.



White Mans Burden early 70's



British soldiers at checkpoint stopping a local.



Idi Amin 80's












































Idi Amin Dada,meets Tito as president of Uganda;




Mr. Amin at a 1975 rally in Koboko. (AP Photo)





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Mr. Amin is carried by four British businessmen during a party for diplomats in 1975. A Swedish businessman holds an umbrella in the manner of servants who once shielded tribal rulers from the sun. (AP Photo)













Idi Amin called himself "a pure son of Africa,eight years as president of Uganda








Mr. Amin at a 1977 news conference at the Arab League Headquarters in Cairo. (AP Photo)








Mr. Amin waves to thousands of Ugandans gathered at a ceremony in Kampala in 1971. (AP Photo)








Idi Amin 90's