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Idi Amin

1923 - 2003

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Idi Amin Dada Oumee ( , UK also ; 30 August 1928 – 16 August 2003) was a Ugandan military officer and politician who served as the third president of Uganda from 1971 to 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 15,789,086 page views. His biography is available in 90 different languages on Wikipedia. Idi Amin is the 427th most popular politician (down from 423rd 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 427 out of 15,577. Before him are Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Rurik, Goliath, Eduard Shevardnadze, Shivaji, and Sigismund III Vasa. After him are Sitting Bull, Menes, Menkaure, Horemheb, Moon Jae-in, and James II of England.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Idi Amin ranks 6. Before him are Henry Kissinger, Maria Callas, Lee Kuan Yew, Shimon Peres, and Rainier III, Prince of Monaco. After him are Wisława Szymborska, Heydar Aliyev, Charlton Heston, Marcel Marceau, Irma Grese, and Rocky Marciano. Among people deceased in 2003, Idi Amin ranks 3. Before him are Charles Bronson and Katharine Hepburn. After him are Leni Riefenstahl, Johnny Cash, Gregory Peck, Robert K. Merton, Alija Izetbegović, Heydar Aliyev, Barry White, Maurice Gibb, and Nina Simone.

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In Uganda

Among people born in Uganda, Idi Amin ranks 1 out of 44. After him are Yoweri Museveni (1944), Milton Obote (1925), Tito Okello (1914), Mutesa II of Buganda (1924), Charles Lwanga (1860), Joseph Kony (1961), Yusuf Lule (1912), Godfrey Binaisa (1920), Bazilio Olara-Okello (1929), John Akii-Bua (1949), and Apolo Nsibambi (1940).

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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), Apolo Nsibambi (1940), Danny Faure (1962), Ruhakana Rugunda (1947), Paulo Muwanga (1924), and Amama Mbabazi (1949).

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