Erifasi Otema Allimadi (11 February 1929 – 5 August 2001) was a Ugandan politician who served as the country's Foreign Minister (1979–1980) in the UNLF government and later on as the country's third Prime Minister of Uganda (1980–1985) in the UPC government.[1]
Otema Allimadi | |
|---|---|
| Prime Minister of Uganda | |
| In office 18 December 1980 – 27 July 1985 | |
| President | Milton Obote |
| Preceded by | Milton Obote (1966) |
| Succeeded by | Paulo Muwanga |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uganda | |
| In office 11 April 1979 – 18 December 1980 | |
| Preceded by | Idi Amin |
| Succeeded by | Milton Obote |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 February 1929 Kitgum, Northern Region, Uganda |
| Died | 5 August 2001 (aged 72) Kampala, Uganda |
| Political party | Uganda People's Congress Uganda People's Democratic Movement |
| Children | Milton Allimadi Barbara Allimadi |
After the ousting of the regime, he fled the country before returning to Uganda.[2]
Biography
editIn the government of President Godfrey Binaisa from June 20, 1979, to May 11, 1980, he was Minister of Foreign Affairs. After Paulo Muwanga's transitional governments and a three-member presidential commission, he was then appointed prime minister by newly elected President Milton Obote on December 18, 1980. He retained that office until the fall of Obote by Lieutenant General Bazilio Olara Okello on July 27, 1985.[3]
In his exile in London, Allamadi led the Uganda People's Democratic Movement, which served as the political wing of the armed group Uganda People's Democratic Army. In January 1992 he would return to Uganda.[4]
Allimadi had 17 children. His daughter Barbara was an activist associated with the Alliance for National Transformation.[5]
References
edit- ^ World Statesmen: Uganda
- ^ "Tribute: E. Otema Allimadi--Honorable Ugandan Statesman Who Abhorred Corruption | Black Star News". 12 February 2019.
- ^ http://opm.go.ug/new/staff/rt-hon-otema-allimadi/ [dead link]
- ^ Lamwaka, Caroline (2016). The Raging Storm: A Reporter's Inside Account of the Northern Uganda War, 1986-2005.
- ^ "Police probe political activist Barbara Allimadi's death". Monitor. 2020-07-19. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
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