Prime Minister of Uganda

The prime minister of Uganda chairs the Cabinet of Uganda, although the president is the effective head of government. The prime minister is appointed by the president with the approval of Parliament.

Robinah Nabbanja has been the prime minister since 21 June 2021.<ref name="Daily Monitor">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

History

The post of prime minister was created for the first time in 1962. In 1966, Prime Minister Milton Obote suspended the Constitution, abolished the post of prime minister, and declared himself president. In 1980, the post of prime minister was re-established.

Office

The headquarters of the office of the prime minister of Uganda are located in the Twin Towers on Sir Apollo Kaggwa Road, in the Central Division of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.<ref name="Loc"/> The coordinates of the headquarters are 0°18'58.0"N, 32°35'13.0"E (Latitude:0.316111; Longitude:32.586944).<ref name="Loc">Template:Google maps</ref>

List of officeholders

Political parties

Other factions

Status

Chief minister of Uganda Protectorate

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Election	Term of office			Political party		Monarch
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Benedicto Kiwanuka Template:Small	1961	Template:Nowrap 1961	Template:Nowrap 1962	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;"|	DP	Elizabeth II

Prime ministers of Uganda Protectorate

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Election	Term of office			Political party		Monarch
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Benedicto Kiwanuka Template:Small	—	Template:Nowrap 1962	Template:Nowrap 1962	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;"|	DP	Elizabeth II
2		Milton Obote Template:Small	1962	Template:Nowrap 1962	Template:Nowrap 1962	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;"|	UPC

Prime ministers of Uganda

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Election	Term of office			Political party		Head(s) of state
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Milton Obote Template:Small	—	Template:Nowrap 1962	Template:Nowrap 1963	Template:Ayd	rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Party color;"|	UPC	Elizabeth II
				Template:Nowrap 1963	Template:Nowrap 1966		Mutesa
			—	Template:Nowrap 1966	Template:Nowrap 1966	Template:Ayd	Himself
Post abolished (15 April 1966 – 18 December 1980)
2		Otema Allimadi Template:Small	1980	Template:Nowrap 1980	Template:Nowrap 1985 Template:Small	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;"|	UPC	Obote
3		Paulo Muwanga Template:Small	—	Template:Nowrap 1985	Template:Nowrap 1985	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Independent	Okello
4		Abraham Waligo Template:Small	—	Template:Nowrap 1985	Template:Nowrap 1986 Template:Small	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Independent
5		Samson Kisekka Template:Small	1989	Template:Nowrap 1986	Template:Nowrap 1991	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;"|	NRM	Museveni
6		George Cosmas Adyebo Template:Small	1994	Template:Nowrap 1991	Template:Nowrap 1994	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;"|	NRM
7		Kintu Musoke Template:Small	1996	Template:Nowrap 1994	Template:Nowrap 1999	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;"|	NRM
8		Apolo Nsibambi Template:Small	2001 2006 2011	Template:Nowrap 1999	Template:Nowrap 2011	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;"|	NRM
9		Amama Mbabazi Template:Small	—	Template:Nowrap 2011	Template:Nowrap 2014	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;"|	NRM
10		Ruhakana Rugunda Template:Small	2016 2021	Template:Nowrap 2014	Template:Nowrap 2021	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;"|	NRM
11		Robinah Nabbanja Template:Small	—	Template:Nowrap 2021	Incumbent	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;"|	NRM

Timeline

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Organisational structure

As of October 2016, the Office of the Prime Minister oversaw several cabinet ministries and sub-ministries, including:<ref name="We">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

1. First Deputy Prime Minister: Moses Ali
2. Minister in Charge of General Duties, Office of the Prime Minister: Mary Karooro Okurut
3. Ministry for Karamoja Affairs: headed by Minister John Byabagambi
4. Minister of State for Karamoja Affairs: Moses Kizige
5. Ministry of Disaster Preparedness and Refugees: headed by Minister Hilary Onek
6. Minister of State for Disaster Preparedness and Refugees: Musa Ecweru
7. Government Chief Whip: Ruth Nankabirwa
8. Minister of State for the Northern Region: Grace Kwiyucwiny
9. Minister of State for Luwero Triangle: Dennis Galabuzi Ssozi
10. Minister of State for Teso Affairs: Agnes Akiror
11. Minister of State for Bunyoro Affairs: Ernest Kiiza

See also

• President of Uganda
• List of heads of state of Uganda
• Vice President of Uganda
• Deputy Prime Minister of Uganda
• Politics of Uganda
• History of Uganda
• Political parties of Uganda

External links

• World Statesmen – Uganda
• Rulers.org – Uganda