Vice President of Uganda
{{Short description|Overview of the office of the Vice president in the African country of Uganda}}
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The vice president of Uganda is the second-highest executive official in the Ugandan government. The vice president is appointed by the president.
Vice presidents of Uganda
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! Name !! Inaugurated !! Left office !! President !! Notes |
| William Wilberforce Kadhumbula Nadiope III | October 1963 | April 1966 | Deposed during the Mengo Crisis |
| John Babiiha
| April 1966 | January 1971 | Deposed in the 1971 coup d'état |
| Vacant
| January 1971 | January 1977 | | |
| Mustafa Adrisi
| January 1977 | Disputed; de facto April 1978 | Idi Amin | Adrisi was factually disempowered by President Idi Amin in April 1978, but refused to accept his dismissal as Vice President. He remained in Uganda until mid-1979, maintaining a low profile but still claiming to be Vice President.{{sfn|Avirgan|Honey|1983|pp=49–50}} When Amin was overthrown in the Uganda–Tanzania War, Adrisi fled into exile where he continued to pose as Vice President.{{sfn|Reid|2017|p=71}} |
| Disputed; claimed by Mustafa Adrisi
| November 1978 | December 1980 | | |
| Paulo Muwanga
| December 1980 | July 1985 | Deposed in the 1985 coup d'état |
| Vacant
| July 1985 | January 22, 1991 | | |
| Samson Kisekka
| January 22, 1991 | November 1994 | rowspan="5" | Yoweri Museveni | |
| Specioza Kazibwe
| November 18, 1994 | May 21, 2003 | The first woman in Africa to hold the position of vice-president of a sovereign nation |
| Gilbert Bukenya
| May 23, 2003 | May 23, 2011 | |
| Edward Ssekandi
| May 24, 2011 | June 21, 2021 | |
| Jessica Alupo
| June 21, 2021 | Incumbent |The Second Woman Vice President of Uganda after Specioza Wandera Kazibwe |
References
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= Works cited =
- {{cite book| last1 = Avirgan| first1 = Tony| last2 = Honey| first2 = Martha| title = War in Uganda: The Legacy of Idi Amin| location= Dar es Salaam|publisher = Tanzania Publishing House| date = 1983| isbn = 978-9976-1-0056-3}}
- {{cite book| last = Reid| first = Richard J. | title = A History of Modern Uganda| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=zDQEDgAAQBAJ| publisher = Cambridge University Press| date = 2017| location = Cambridge|isbn= 978-1-107-06720-2}}
See also
{{Deputy heads of state and government of Africa}}