Tito Okello

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Tito Okello (* 1914 in Nam Okora , Kitgum District; † June 3, 1996 ) was a Ugandan officer , politician and from July 29, 1985 to January 26, 1986, as President, the head of state of Uganda .

Life

Okello belonged to the Acholi people and was born in the Kitgum district in 1914 . He served in the King's African Rifles of the British Army from 1940 and took part in fighting in East Africa . He was later commander of troops when the Ugandan insurgents of the Uganda National Liberation Army, together with the Tanzanian army , overthrew the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin on April 11, 1979.

He succeeded Bazilio Olara Okello , who was head of state for two days after the fall of Milton Obote in 1985. In January 1986 he was overthrown by the National Resistance Army under the current President Yoweri Museveni .

He lived in exile until 1993 when President Museveni granted him impunity. Okello returned to Kampala. Three years later he died in 1996 in a Catholic mission hospital near Kampala at the age of 82 of an unspecified illness. His funeral took place in Kitgum .

His wife Esther Okello survived him. His son, Henry Oryem Okello, was Minister of Education and Sport and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uganda since 2005.

Honor

In January 2010, Okello was posthumously honored for helping overthrow Idi Amin. He was awarded the Kagera National Medal of Honor .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Past Presidents of Uganda: President Tito Okello Lutwa (General) . The State House of Uganda, accessed July 11, 2016.
  2. ↑ Willi Ross: Uganda rebels grab ex-president's brother . British Broadcasting Corporation , July 24, 2002, accessed July 11, 2016.
  3. ↑ Milton Olupot, Daniel Edyegu: Uganda: Museveni, Janet, Moi Get National Medals . All Africa, January 26, 2010, accessed July 11, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Okello, Tito
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ugandan politician, head of state (1985–1986)
DATE OF BIRTH 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Nam Okora
DATE OF DEATH June 3, 1996