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Yoweri Museveni

1944 - Today

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Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Tibuhaburwa (born 15 September 1944) is a Ugandan politician and military officer who is the ninth and current president of Uganda since 1986. As of 2024, he is the third-longest consecutively serving current non-royal national leader in the world (after Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo in Equatorial Guinea and Paul Biya in Cameroon). Born in Ntungamo, Museveni studied political science from the University of Dar es Salaam where he initiated the University Students' African Revolutionary Front. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yoweri Museveni has received more than 4,661,638 page views. His biography is available in 82 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 77 in 2019). Yoweri Museveni is the 1,764th most popular politician (up from 2,281st in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Uganda and the 2nd most popular Ugandan Politician.

Yoweri Museveni is most famous for being the president of Uganda. He took power in 1986 and has been president ever since.

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  • 4.7M

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  • 71.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 82

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Yoweri Museveni ranks 1,764 out of 19,576. Before him are Carinus, Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, Kaidu, Akhmad Kadyrov, and Rama I. After him are Nelson Rockefeller, Herman Van Rompuy, Edward, King of Portugal, James II of Aragon, George of Poděbrady, and King Zhuangxiang of Qin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Yoweri Museveni ranks 38. Before him are Dietrich Mateschitz, Vojislav Koštunica, Françoise Hardy, Sebastião Salgado, Ulrich Beck, and Luigi Riva. After him are Helmut Berger, Ibrahim Rugova, Robert Kardashian, Rajiv Gandhi, Nguyễn Phú Trọng, and Harold Ramis.

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In Uganda

Among people born in Uganda, Yoweri Museveni ranks 2 out of 55. Before him are Idi Amin (1923). After him are 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, Yoweri Museveni ranks 2. Before him are Idi Amin (1923). After him are 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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