MILITARY PERSONNEL

Bazilio Olara-Okello

1929 - 1990

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Bazilio Olara-Okello (1929 – 9 January 1990) was a Ugandan military officer and one of the commanders of the Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA) that together with the Tanzanian army organized the coup d'état that overthrew Idi Amin in 1979. In 1985, he was briefly the chairman of the ruling Military Council and de facto head of state of Uganda, and later, lieutenant-general and chief of the armed forces. During the civil war in Uganda between the UNLA (which was now the national army) and Yoweri Museveni's National Resistance Army, president Milton Obote alienated much of the Acholi-dominated officer corps, including Olara-Okello and General Tito Okello, by appointing his fellow ethnic Lango, Brigadier Smith Opon Acak, as army Chief of Staff. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bazilio Olara-Okello has received more than 240,335 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Bazilio Olara-Okello is the 1,772nd most popular military personnel (down from 1,427th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Uganda (down from 10th in 2019) and the most popular Ugandan Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Bazilio Olara-Okello ranks 1,772 out of 2,058. Before him are Boston Corbett, Johannes Block, James Jesus Angleton, Eddie Chapman, Ruben Lagus, and John Shalikashvili. After him are Paul von Plehwe, John Pope, Gustaf Dyrssen, Richard Bong, Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford, and Robert Anderson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Bazilio Olara-Okello ranks 354. Before him are Jacques Plante, Richard Lewontin, Mithat Bayrak, Harry Blanchard, John Julius Norwich, and Otar Patsatsia. After him are Mario Ghella, Georgios Roubanis, Mark Rydell, Chaim Potok, Sergio Mantovani, and Cordelia Edvardson. Among people deceased in 1990, Bazilio Olara-Okello ranks 205. Before him are Walter Bruch, José Luis Panizo, Otto E. Neugebauer, Walter Sedlmayr, Max Bense, and Jill Esmond. After him are Arthur Samuel, Irving Wallace, Jack Gilford, Eve Arden, Georges Lacombe, and Concha Piquer.

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In Uganda

Among people born in Uganda, Bazilio Olara-Okello ranks 11 out of 55. Before him are Tito Okello (1914), Charles Lwanga (1860), Mutesa II of Buganda (1924), John Akii-Bua (1949), Yusuf Lule (1912), and Godfrey Binaisa (1920). After him are Emmanuel Wamala (1926), Danny Faure (1962), Apolo Nsibambi (1940), Geoffrey Oryema (1953), Ruhakana Rugunda (1947), and Scott Hicks (1953).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Uganda

Among military personnels born in Uganda, Bazilio Olara-Okello ranks 1. 

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