Kirunda Kivejinja

Kirunda Kivejinja (born June 12, 1935 ) is a Ugandan politician .

Life

After attending school, Kirunda Kivejinja completed an undergraduate degree at Madras Christian College in Tambaram and subsequently a postgraduate degree in zoology at the University of Delhi , which he completed with a Bachelor of Science (BS, Zoology).

In 1986, Kivejinja first became Minister of Rehabilitation in the government of Prime Minister Samson Kisekka and, after a government reshuffle, Minister of Transport and Communication in 1987 , before becoming Minister of Information between 1988 and 1989 after a further reshuffle of the cabinet of information) was. In the government of Prime Minister George Cosmas Adyebo , he served as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs between 1991 and 1994, and in the subsequent government of Prime Minister Kintu Musoke as Minister for Public Works, Transport and Communications from 1994 to 1995 (Minister of Works, Transport and Communication) and then between 1996 and 1997 as Minister without Portfolio . In 1998 he was Director of Foreign Affairs. During the tenure of Prime Minister Apolo Nsibambi , he was Minister in the Office of President Yoweri Museveni (Minister in Charge of the Presidency) between 2003 and 2004 and then Deputy National Political Commissioner and again Director of Foreign Affairs. He then served as Third Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Information and National Guidance between 2006 and 2008 and Third Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Internal Affairs from 2008 to 2011 Affairs) .

Is Kirunda Kivejinja, who since 2013, Senior Advisor to President Museveni in Veterans Affairs, held since 2016 in the cabinet of Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda the office as Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Affairs of East Africa (2nd Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of East African Affairs) . The Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU) awarded him an honorary doctorate in law .

Web link

• Biography on the homepage of the Parliament of Uganda