Otema Allimadi

{{Short description|Ugandan politician}}{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Otema Allimadi

| office = Prime Minister of Uganda

| office1 = Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uganda

| termend = 27 July 1985

| termstart = 18 December 1980

| termend1 = 18 December 1980

| termstart1 = 11 April 1979

| successor = Paulo Muwanga

| successor1 = Milton Obote

| predecessor = Milton Obote (1966)

| predecessor1 = Idi Amin

| party = Uganda People's Congress
Uganda People's Democratic Movement

| birth_date = {{birth date|1929|02|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kitgum, Northern Region, Uganda

| death_date = {{death date and age|2001|08|05|1929|02|11|df=y}}

| death_place = Kampala, Uganda

| president = Milton Obote

| children = Milton Allimadi
Barbara Allimadi

| image =

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Erifasi Otema Allimadi (11 February 1929 – 5 August 2001) was a Ugandan politician who served as the country's Foreign Minister (1979–1980) in the UNLF government and later on as the country's third Prime Minister of Uganda (1980–1985) in the UPC government.[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Uganda.html World Statesmen: Uganda]

After the ousting of the regime, he fled the country before returning to Uganda.{{Cite web|url=https://www.blackstarnews.com/global-politics/africa/tribute-e-otema-allimadi-honorable-ugandan-statesman-who|title = Tribute: E. Otema Allimadi--Honorable Ugandan Statesman Who Abhorred Corruption | Black Star News| date=12 February 2019 }}

Biography

In the government of President Godfrey Binaisa from June 20, 1979, to May 11, 1980, he was Minister of Foreign Affairs. After Paulo Muwanga's transitional governments and a three-member presidential commission, he was then appointed prime minister by newly elected President Milton Obote on December 18, 1980. He retained that office until the fall of Obote by Lieutenant General Bazilio Olara Okello on July 27, 1985.http://opm.go.ug/new/staff/rt-hon-otema-allimadi/ {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}

In his exile in London, Allamadi led the Uganda People's Democratic Movement, which served as the political wing of the armed group Uganda People's Democratic Army. In January 1992 he would return to Uganda.{{Cite book |last=Lamwaka |first=Caroline |title=The Raging Storm: A Reporter's Inside Account of the Northern Uganda War, 1986-2005 |year=2016}}

Allimadi had 17 children. His daughter Barbara was an activist associated with the Alliance for National Transformation.{{Cite web |date=2020-07-19 |title=Police probe political activist Barbara Allimadi's death |url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/police-probe-political-activist-barbara-allimadi-s-death-1887238 |access-date=2022-04-26 |website=Monitor |language=en}}

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