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Mutesa II of Buganda

1924 - 1969

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Sir Edward Frederick William David Walugembe Mutebi Luwangula Mutesa II (19 November 1924 – 21 November 1969) was Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda in Uganda from 22 November 1939 until his death. He was the 35th Kabaka of Buganda and the first president of Uganda from 1962 to 1966, when he was overthrown by Milton Obote. The foreign press often referred to him as King Freddie, a name rarely used in Uganda. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mutesa II of Buganda has received more than 447,442 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Mutesa II of Buganda is the 10,654th most popular politician (down from 10,497th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Uganda (up from 7th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Ugandan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mutesa II of Buganda ranks 10,654 out of 15,577. Before him are Lori Lightfoot, Karl Buresch, Adolf III of Holstein, Junius Rusticus, John Curtin, and Mirek Topolánek. After him are Sibylla of Burgundy, Laodice VI, Nawaz Sharif, Wan Waithayakon, Ángel María Villar, and Vera Aceva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Mutesa II of Buganda ranks 201. Before him are Marc Ferro, Janet Frame, Jean-François Revel, Maurice Karnaugh, Riccardo Cucciolla, and Nina Foch. After him are John Hansen, Girija Prasad Koirala, George Segal, Ramón Castro Ruz, Juan Carlos González, and Edwin Ernest Salpeter. Among people deceased in 1969, Mutesa II of Buganda ranks 110. Before him are Nicolas Grunitzky, Volmari Iso-Hollo, Josef Beran, Johannes Dieckmann, Gerhard Mitter, and Léon Scieur. After him are Serge Poliakoff, Charles Dvorak, Bill Ivy, Al Taliaferro, Kurt Blome, and Paul Chambers.

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In Uganda

Among people born in Uganda, Mutesa II of Buganda ranks 5 out of 44. Before him are Idi Amin (1923), Yoweri Museveni (1944), Milton Obote (1925), and Tito Okello (1914). After him are 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, Mutesa II of Buganda ranks 5. Before him are Idi Amin (1923), Yoweri Museveni (1944), Milton Obote (1925), and Tito Okello (1914). After him are 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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