List of ministers of foreign affairs of Uganda explained

This article lists the ministers of foreign affairs of Uganda since the country gained independence from the United Kingdom on 9 October 1962.^{[1] [2]}

List of ministers

No.	Name	From	To	Notes
1		1962	1966	Sam Odaka was minister of State from 1964 to 1966
2		1966	1971
3		1971	1973
		1973	1973	In acting capacity
4	Michael Ondoga	1973	1974
5		1974	1974	Princess (Batebe) of the Tooro Kingdom
6		1974	1975	First tenure; Juma Oris served as acting minister during this time
7		1975	1978
8	Idi Amin	1978	1979	Second tenure
9	Juma Bashir	?	1979	Last foreign minister under the Amin regime; fled to Juba (then in Sudan) during the Uganda–Tanzania War^[3]
10		1979	1979
11		1979	1979
12	Otema Allimadi	1979	1980
13	Milton Obote	1980	1985
14		1985	1985
15		1985	1986
16		1986	1988
17		1988	1994
18		1994	1996
19		1996	2001
20		2001	2004	Died in office
		2004	2005	In acting capacity
21		2005	2014
		2014	2015	In acting capacity while Sam Kutesa was President of the United Nations General Assembly
22		2015	2021
23		2021	present

See also

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Uganda)
• Foreign relations of Uganda
• List of diplomatic missions of Uganda
• List of ministers of internal affairs of Uganda
• List of ministers of justice and constitutional affairs of Uganda

Bibliography

• B. UGANDA. August 1975. Keesing's Record of World Events. 21. .
• Book: Seftel. Adam. Uganda: The Bloodstained Pearl of Africa and Its Struggle for Peace. From the Pages of Drum. Fountain Publishers. 2010. 1st pub. 1994. Kampala. 978-9970-02-036-2.

External links

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Notes and References

1. Web site: Uganda Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) . Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Uganda): About Us . 22 June 2017 . 26 June 2017 . MOFA . Kampala.
2. Web site: List of Foreign Ministers of Uganda since 1962 . 26 June 2017 . 26 June 2017 . Rulers.org (Rulers) . Rulers.
3. News: Wren. Christopher S.. Ugandan Refugees Finding A Haven in Southern Sudan. The New York Times. 2. 13 June 1979. 21 December 2019.