| Image Name: | Miria Obote.jpg |
| Office: | First Lady of Uganda |
| Term Start: | 17 December 1980 |
| Term End: | 27 July 1985 |
| President: | Milton Obote |
| Term Start1: | 15 April 1966 |
| Term End1: | 25 January 1971 |
| President1: | Milton Obote |
| Successor1: | Sarah Kyolaba |
| Birth Name: | Miria Kalule |
| Birth Date: | 16 July 1936 |
| Birth Place: | Kampala, Uganda Protectorate |
Miria Obote (née Kalule; born 16 July 1936) is a Ugandan politician who was first lady of Uganda, and widow of former Prime Minister and President Milton Obote. She was a candidate in the 2006 Ugandan general election.[1]
Miria Kalule was born in Kawempe, to Bulasio Kalule, a civil servant who worked with the Department of Road Maintenance in the Ministry of Works[2] and his wife Malita.[3]
She attended Gayaza High School and later Makerere University.[4] [5]
Miria Obote returned to Uganda from Zambia in October 2005,[6] after 20 years in exile, to bury her husband.[7] Two months later, she was elected as head of the Uganda People's Congress (UPC) and as its presidential candidate for the next election. The UPC was founded by her husband[8] and led by him until his death. She garnered 0.6% of the vote in the February 23, 2006 presidential election, which was won by the sitting president, Yoweri Museveni.
Miria married Milton Obote in November 1963[9] [10] and they had 4 children, including Jimmy Akena, a Member of Parliament representing Lira Municipality.[11]
Milton Obote died on 10 October 2005 in Johannesburg, South Africa, at the age of 79; and received a state funeral in Kampala, Uganda, attended by President Yoweri Museveni.[12] [13]