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Idi Amin

1923 - 2003

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Idi Amin Dada Oumee ( , UK also ; 30 May 1928 – 16 August 2003) was a Ugandan military officer and politician who served as the third president of Uganda from 1971 until his overthrow in 1979. He ruled as a military dictator and is considered one of the most brutal despots in modern world history. Amin was born to a Kakwa father and Lugbara mother. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Idi Amin has received more than 17,092,870 page views. His biography is available in 93 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 90 in 2019). Idi Amin is the 480th most popular politician (down from 426th in 2019), the most popular biography from Uganda and the most popular Ugandan Politician.

Idi Amin was the military dictator of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. He is most famous for his brutal dictatorship, where he killed a lot of people and forced many others to flee the country.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Idi Amin ranks 480 out of 19,576. Before him are Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, Sukarno, Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, George I of Great Britain, Maximian, and Hongwu Emperor. After him are Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, Licinius, John Hunyadi, Letizia Ramolino, Neville Chamberlain, and Yazid I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Idi Amin ranks 6. Before him are Henry Kissinger, Maria Callas, Shimon Peres, Lee Kuan Yew, and Heydar Aliyev. After him are Wisława Szymborska, Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, Rocky Marciano, Charlton Heston, Italo Calvino, and Wojciech Jaruzelski. Among people deceased in 2003, Idi Amin ranks 6. Before him are Edward Teller, Katharine Hepburn, Leni Riefenstahl, Charles Bronson, and Heydar Aliyev. After him are Robert K. Merton, Alija Izetbegović, Gregory Peck, Johnny Cash, Barry White, and Maurice Gibb.

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In Uganda

Among people born in Uganda, Idi Amin ranks 1 out of 55. After him are Yoweri Museveni (1944), Joseph Kony (1961), Milton Obote (1925), Tito Okello (1914), Charles Lwanga (1860), Angelina (null), Mutesa II of Buganda (1924), John Akii-Bua (1949), Yusuf Lule (1912), Godfrey Binaisa (1920), and Bazilio Olara-Okello (1929).

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Among POLITICIANS In Uganda

Among politicians born in Uganda, Idi Amin ranks 1. After him are Yoweri Museveni (1944), Milton Obote (1925), Tito Okello (1914), Mutesa II of Buganda (1924), Yusuf Lule (1912), Godfrey Binaisa (1920), Danny Faure (1962), Apolo Nsibambi (1940), Ruhakana Rugunda (1947), Paulo Muwanga (1924), and Robinah Nabbanja (1969).

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