Baltazar Kasirivu-Atwooki | |
Birth Date: | 5 January 1958 |
Birth Place: | Uganda |
Alma Mater: | Makerere University |
Occupation: | Politician |
Years Active: | 1984 — present |
Nationality: | Ugandan |
Citizenship: | Uganda |
Known For: | Politics |
State Minister for Economic Monitoring Cabinet of Uganda |
Baltazar Kasirivu-Atwooki, also known as Kasirivu-Atwooki Kyamanywa, is a Ugandan politician. He is the current State Minister for Economic Monitoring in the Cabinet of Uganda. He was appointed to that position on 6 June 2016, replacing Henry Banyenzaki, who was dropped from the cabinet.[1] He also concurrently serves as the elected Member of Parliament for Bugangaizi County West, in Kibaale District, since 2011.[2]
He was born in Kibaale District on 5 January 1958. He holds a Master of Science in Agricultural Extension, obtained in 1997 from Makerere University.[2]
From 1984 until 1992, he served as a Veterinary Officer. He then served as a District Veterinary Officer from 1992 until 1996. He joined the Ugandan parliament in 1996, and has been a member since. From 2006 until 2009, he served as State Minister for Lands and as Senior Presidential Adviser on Land Matters from 2009 until 2011.[2] On 6 June 2016, he was appointed State Minister for Economic Monitoring.[3]
Baltazar Kasirivu-Atwooki is married.[2]