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POLITICIAN

Milton Obote

1925 - 2005

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Apollo Milton Obote (28 December 1925 – 10 October 2005) was a Ugandan politician who served as the second prime minister of Uganda from 1962 to 1966 and the second president of Uganda from 1966 to 1971 and later from 1980 to 1985. A Lango, Obote studied at the Busoga College and Makerere University. In 1956, he joined the Uganda National Congress (UNC) and later split away by founding the Uganda People's Congress (UPC) in 1960. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Milton Obote has received more than 1,640,032 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Milton Obote is the 2,435th most popular politician (up from 2,647th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Uganda (down from 2nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Ugandan Politician.

Milton Obote was the first President of Uganda from 1962 to 1971 and from 1980 to 1985. He is most famous for overthrowing the Kabaka of Buganda, the traditional ruler of the Baganda people, and abolishing the Ugandan monarchy.

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  • 63.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 58

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Milton Obote ranks 2,435 out of 15,577. Before him are Bernardo O'Higgins, Manuel Godoy, John William Friso, Prince of Orange, Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier, Pierre Trudeau, and Ezer Weizman. After him are George William, Elector of Brandenburg, Ferdinand Marcos, Weneg, Erich Mielke, Isabella Jagiellon, and Emperor Suzong of Tang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Milton Obote ranks 43. Before him are Peter Brook, Robert Altman, Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Andrea Camilleri, Bert Hellinger, and Ernst Happel. After him are Sam Peckinpah, Oona O'Neill, Luciano Berio, Gerald Durrell, Robert Venturi, and Sibghatullah Mojaddedi. Among people deceased in 2005, Milton Obote ranks 29. Before him are Jack Kilby, James Callaghan, Sister Lúcia, Philip Johnson, Ernst Mayr, and Ezer Weizman. After him are George F. Kennan, Maria Schell, Max Schmeling, Moustapha Akkad, Anne Bancroft, and Joseph Rotblat.

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In Uganda

Among people born in Uganda, Milton Obote ranks 3 out of 44. Before him are Idi Amin (1923) and Yoweri Museveni (1944). After him are 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, Milton Obote ranks 3. Before him are Idi Amin (1923) and Yoweri Museveni (1944). After him are 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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