1. Gilbert Balibaseka Bukenya was born on 5 August 1949 and is a Ugandan politician and physician who was the seventh vice president of Uganda from 23 May 2003 until 23 May 2011.
14 Facts About Gilbert Bukenya
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Gilbert Bukenya has represented the constituency of Busiro County North in the Ugandan Parliament since 1996.
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Gilbert Bukenya was born on 5 August 1949, in the village of Lwantama in Kakiri sub-county, in Busiro County, in present-day Wakiso District, about 30 kilometres, by road, northwest of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.
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Gilbert Bukenya was educated by the Brothers of Christian Instruction order in Uganda.
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Gilbert Bukenya had his early education at St Savio Primary School, Kisubi, St Mary's College Kisubi, St Edward Secondary School, Bukuumi and Old Kampala Secondary School.
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Gilbert Bukenya worked as a Medical Officer at Mbale Hospital up to 1982 when he left Uganda for Papua New Guinea.
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Gilbert Bukenya attained the degrees of Master of Science from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine UK, and Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Queensland, with a thesis topic of The Epidemiology of Under-Five Childhood Diarrhoeas in a Peri-Urban Population of Papua New Guinea.
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Gilbert Bukenya returned to Uganda as a Professor of Medicine and was appointed dean of Makerere University School of Medicine, a position he held from 1994 until 1996.
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Gilbert Bukenya served as chairman of the National Resistance Movement parliamentary caucus.
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Gilbert Bukenya was chairman of the NRM in the Buganda region.
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Gilbert Bukenya became Vice President in 2003 replacing Specioza Kazibwe, who at the time was grappling with a failed marriage.
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Gilbert Bukenya later stood for the post of Secretary General of the NRM and lost to Amama Mbabazi.
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Gilbert Bukenya is married to Dr Margaret Bukenya, a classmate at Makerere Medical School in the early 1970s.
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Gilbert Bukenya is credited with the introduction of the cultivation of upland rice, known as NERICA in Uganda.