15 Facts About Amama Mbabazi

John Patrick Amama Mbabazi, SC is a Ugandan politician who served as the ninth Prime Minister of Uganda from 24 May 2011 to 19 September 2014.

Amama Mbabazi played an instrumental role in Uganda's protracted liberation struggle from several tyrannical governments and is a founding member of the National Resistance Movement, the ruling political party in Uganda.

Amama Mbabazi was born in Mparo Village, Rukiga County, in present-day Rukiga District, on 16 January 1949.

Amama Mbabazi attended two of the most prominent educational institutions in Uganda during both the colonial and post-colonial periods: Kigezi College Butobere for his high school education, and Ntare School for his A-Levels.

Amama Mbabazi received a postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Center in Kampala.

Amama Mbabazi is an Advocate of the Courts of Judicature of Uganda and has been a member of the Uganda Law Society since 1977.

Amama Mbabazi has served as Minister of State in the President's Office, in charge of political affairs.

Amama Mbabazi became secretary of the NRM caucus in the Constituent Assembly that drafted the 1995 Uganda Constitution.

Amama Mbabazi was Attorney General and Minister of Justice from 2004 to 2006, a feat that earned him the moniker "Super Minister".

Amama Mbabazi was appointed Minister of Defence in 2006, a position he held until he was appointed Minister of Security.

Amama Mbabazi served as Minister of Security from February 2009 until May 2011, when he was appointed prime minister.

Amama Mbabazi was Secretary General of the NRM from November 2005 to January 2015.

On 15 June 2015, Amama Mbabazi declared his intentions to run against Yoweri Museveni for the National Resistance Movement's nomination for president at the party's convention on 4 October 2015.

Amama Mbabazi's candidature is backed by The Democratic Alliance, a loose convergence of minor political parties working to win the position of presidency.

Amama Mbabazi has represented Uganda in international fora, including the United Nations Security Council, where he argued for the international community to allow the Uganda People's Defense Force to pursue the Lord's Resistance Army fighters into the Democratic Republic of the Congo.