Idi Amin
President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979
Summary
Awon'go Idi Amin Dada Oumee was a Ugandan military officer and politician who seized and held power as the third president of Uganda from 1971 until his overthrow in 1979. In 1971, he overthrew president Milton Obote, subsequently ruling as a dictator. He was ousted from power in 1979 after launching an unsuccessful war on Tanzania, living in exile in Saudi Arabia for the rest of his life. His eight years in power are widely reputed as one of history's most notorious and brutal dictatorships.
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