Godfrey Binaisa
Godfrey Lukongwa Binaisa (born May 30, 1920 in Mityana , † August 5, 2010 in Kampala) was President of Uganda from June 20, 1979 to May 11, 1980 .
After attending King's College in Budo and Makerere College , Binaisa studied law at King's College London , England, and was one of the first barristers in the country when he returned to Uganda in the 1950s . He was first a member of the Uganda National Congress and from 1957 the United Congress Party . Before Uganda became independent in 1962, he moved to the Uganda People's Congress , which provided the first government of the independent country, in which Binaisa was Minister of Justice from 1962 to 1968. From 1969 he worked again as a lawyer, but in the 1970s after Idi Amin's takeover of power he went into self-chosen exile in the USA , where he worked as a lawyer in Mount Vernon and was particularly active in the exile opposition.
After Amin's fall, Binaisa returned to Uganda in April 1979. He replaced Yusuf Lule as president on June 20, 1979 after he had to give up his post under the influence of the Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere , whose troops were still stationed in Uganda after helping to overthrow Amin in 1979. Binaisa itself was overthrown on May 11, 1980 by a military coup organized by Paulo Muwanga after he tried to limit the power of the leaders of the various paramilitary forces that remained after the overthrow of the Amin government.
During the 1980s and 1990s he lived in New York , where he worked as a lawyer. In 2002 he returned to Uganda, but was no longer legally or politically active. So far, he was the only Ugandan who received the award as Crown Attorney .
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Binaisa, Godfrey |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Binaisa, Godfrey Lukongwa |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ugandan politician, President of Uganda |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 30, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kampala |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 5, 2010 |
| Place of death | Kampala |