Obote, Milton

Obote, Milton ( Apollo Obote ) ( 1924 – 2005 )
Ugandan statesman, Prime Minister ( 1962 – 66 ), President ( 1966 – 71 and 1980 – 85 ). After founding the Uganda People's Congress in 1960 , he became the first Prime Minister of independent Uganda. Overthrown by Idi Amin in 1971 , he returned from exile nine years later and was re-elected President. Obote established a multiparty democracy, but was removed in a second military coup in 1985 .