who ruled the country prior to him?
Milton Obote
Idi Amin
He became aware that Ugandan President Milton Obote was planning to arrest him for misappropriating army funds, so he launched a military coup in 1971 and declared himself President.
who was behind the murder of dora bloch? Idi Amin what was the cause? Suggested motive was retaliation for the deaths of 50 Ugandan soldiers during Operation Entebbe. who is the murderer mentioned above? Ugandan military officer who became the President of Uganda. how did he become powerful? Promoted to captain and then to major, followed by Deputy Commander of the Army and later commander of all the armed forces.
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Idi Amin [SEP] Introduction
He became aware that Ugandan President Milton Obote was planning to arrest him for misappropriating army funds, so he launched a military coup in 1971 and declared himself President. During his years in power, Amin shifted from being a pro-Western ruler enjoying considerable support from Israel to being backed by Libya's Muammar Gaddafi, Zaire's Mobutu Sese Seko, the Soviet Union, and East Germany. In 1975, Amin became the chairman of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), a Pan-Africanist group designed to promote solidarity among African states. Uganda was a member of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights from 1977 to 1979.