Apollo Milton Obote (28 December 1925 – 10 October 2005) was a Ugandan politician who served as the second prime minister of Uganda from 1962 to 1966 and the second president of Uganda from 1966 to 1971 and later from 1980 to 1985.

Mar 11, 2025 · Milton Obote (born December 28, 1924, Akoroko village, Lango, Uganda—died October 10, 2005, Johannesburg, South Africa) was a politician who was prime minister (1962–70) and twice president (1966–71, 1980–85) of Uganda.

Milton Apollo Obote was the first Prime Minister and second President of Uganda. Obote was born in the village of Akoroko in Uganda on December 28, 1925. He was the third of nine children born to his parents who were farmers.

Sep 25, 2023 · Born on December 28, 1925, in the Busoga region of Uganda, Apollo Milton Obote emerged as a key political leader, serving as Prime Minister and President of Uganda. Significant accomplishments, challenges, and controversies marked his life and political career.

May 21, 2018 · A leader in the movement for Ugandan independence in the 1960s, Apollo Milton Obote presided over the withdrawal of the British colonial government in 1962 and became the country's first prime minister and later, its first president.

President Apollo Milton Obote In 1962, after losing to DP in the earlier elections, Obote jumped into an alliance with Kabakka Yekka (KY) a party that was largely advocating for Buganda’s rights. The alliance then won the independence elections, which warranted them to form the first independence government.

Apolo Milton Obote (born 1925) was a Ugandan political leader who guided his country to independence in 1962. He worked to create a centralized government to replace the divided state left by the British, but his ruthless rule in the 1980s was marked by torture and repression and the killing of more than 100,000 civilians.