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Godfrey Binaisa

1920 - 2010

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Godfrey Lukongwa Binaisa QC (30 May 1920 – 5 August 2010) was a Ugandan lawyer and politician who served as the fifth president of Uganda from June 1979 to May 1980. Earlier, he was Attorney General of Uganda from 1962 to 1968. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Godfrey Binaisa has received more than 230,562 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Godfrey Binaisa is the 13,932nd most popular politician (down from 12,234th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Uganda (down from 9th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Ugandan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Godfrey Binaisa ranks 13,932 out of 19,576Before him are Robert R. Livingston, Said Mohamed Djohar, Alexander II of Epirus, Christian Kern, Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos, and Constantine. After him are Devan Nair, Juan Orlando Hernández, Ablabius, Atifete Jahjaga, Julia Gardiner Tyler, and Laodice II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Godfrey Binaisa ranks 294Before him are Denver Pyle, Jens Bjørneboe, Chabuca Granda, Constant Nieuwenhuys, Jacques Noël, and Ignatius IV of Antioch. After him are Vincent Gardenia, Kenneth E. Iverson, Mustafa Khalil, I. A. L. Diamond, George London, and Fyodor Abramov. Among people deceased in 2010, Godfrey Binaisa ranks 250Before him are Azzeddine Laraki, Jacques Martin, Tomás Eloy Martínez, Jo Myong-rok, Mariya Dolina, and Raymond Impanis. After him are Carla Del Poggio, Jamie Gillis, Lhasa de Sela, Paul Gray, Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal, and Daisuke Gōri.

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In Uganda

Among people born in Uganda, Godfrey Binaisa ranks 10 out of 55Before him are Milton Obote (1925), Tito Okello (1914), Charles Lwanga (1860), Mutesa II of Buganda (1924), John Akii-Bua (1949), and Yusuf Lule (1912). After him are Bazilio Olara-Okello (1929), Emmanuel Wamala (1926), Danny Faure (1962), Apolo Nsibambi (1940), Geoffrey Oryema (1953), and Ruhakana Rugunda (1947).

Among POLITICIANS In Uganda

Among politicians born in Uganda, Godfrey Binaisa ranks 7Before him are Idi Amin (1923), Yoweri Museveni (1944), Milton Obote (1925), Tito Okello (1914), Mutesa II of Buganda (1924), and Yusuf Lule (1912). After him are Danny Faure (1962), Apolo Nsibambi (1940), Ruhakana Rugunda (1947), Paulo Muwanga (1924), Robinah Nabbanja (1969), and Amama Mbabazi (1949).