Annette Nkalubo

{{short description|Ugandan lawyer and military officer}}

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| honorific_prefix = Colonel

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| birth_place = Uganda

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| alma_mater = Makerere University
{{small|(Bachelor of Laws)}}
Law Development Centre
{{small|(Diploma in Legal Practice)}}

|occupation =Lawyer and Military Officer

| years_active = 1996 - present

| nationality = Ugandan

| citizenship = Uganda

| known_for = Military Matters

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| title = Colonel in the Uganda People's Defence Force

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Colonel Annette Nkalubo is a senior Ugandan military officer. She is the second highest-ranking military officer in the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF).{{cite web| url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/90-UPDF-soldiers-get-promotion/688334-1654982-jdkrahz/index.html |title=90 UPDF soldiers get promotion | accessdate=1 November 2017 | date=1 January 2013 |first=Risdel

|last=Kaasira |newspaper=Daily Monitor | location=Kampala|

publisher=Nation Media Group}}

Education

Nkalubo holds a Bachelor of Laws from Makerere University, She also holds a Diploma in Legal Practice obtained from the Law Development Centre, also in Kampala.

Career

Nkalubo, while at the rank of lieutenant, served as a Member of Parliament, representing the UPDF in the 6th parliament (1996 to 2001).{{cite web| first=and Hillary Kiirya | url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1123128/army-mp-elected | title=New army MP elected | newspaper=New Vision |

last=Anne Mugisa |location=Kampala | accessdate=1 November 2017 |date=16 June 2005 |publisher=Vision Group}}{{cite web| date=9 October 1998 |accessdate=1 November 2017 | title=Workshop Wants Talks With Rebels |url=http://archives.visiongroup.co.ug/national-news/131-uganda-workshop-wants-talks-with-rebels-talks | newspaper=New Vision | format=Archived from the original | first=Josephine | last=Maseruka | location=Kampala| publisher=Vision Group}} She was promoted from the rank of major to lieutenant colonel in October 2008.{{cite web| title=UPDF needs more female officers|location=Kampala |url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1178109/updf-female-officers |accessdate=1 November 2017 |date=28 October 2008 | author=Vision Reporter |publisher=Vision Group |newspaper=New Vision}} In 2010, at the rank of lieutenant colonel, she served, on secondment, at the United Nations.{{cite web| date=9 March 2010 |

title=Gender imbalance still plagues government | accessdate=1 November 2017 |url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/875764/-/item/1/-/6sg7wyz/-/index.html | newspaper=Daily Monitor |last=Emmanuel Gyezaho |first=and Evelyn Lirri| location=Kampala |publisher=Nation Media Group}} In March 2011, Annette Nkalubo, at the rank of lieutenant colonel, served as the director of women's affairs in the UPDF.{{cite web|title=Today’s Uganda top fifty women movers |

date=8 March 2011 |url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/688334-1120990-ap66lmz/index.html | accessdate=24 October 2017 |newspaper=Daily Monitor |location=Kampala |author=Monitor Staff |publisher=Nation Media Group}} In January 2013, she was promoted from lieutenant colonel to colonel, making her the second highest-ranking woman military officer, behind Major General Proscovia Nalweyiso.

Other considerations

In March 2011, she was named among "Uganda's Top 50 Women Movers", of the time.

See also

References

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