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Since independence from the United Kingdom on 9 October 1962, Uganda has had the following ministers of justice and constitutional affairs:
No. | Name | From | To | Head of state | Notes |
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1 | Grace Ibingira | 1962
|
1964
|
Apollo Milton Obote | Ibingira was the first minister of justice and constitutional affairs of Uganda after Independence.[1] |
2 | Cuthbert Joseph Obwangor | 1964
|
1966
|
After being Minister of Internal Affairs, Cuthbert Joseph Obwangor became Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs.[2][3][4] | |
- | Vacant | 1966
|
1971
|
After Obwangor, Uganda did not have a minister of justice for the remainder of Apollo Milton Obote's first administration.[5] | |
3 | Peter James Nkambo Mugerwa | 1971
|
1973
|
Idi Amin | [6] |
4 | Godfrey Serunkuma Lule | 1973
|
1977
|
[7][8] | |
5 | Dani Wadada Nabudere | 1979
|
1979
|
Yusuf Lule | [9] |
6 | Edward Ogbal | 1979
|
1986
|
Godfrey Binaisa | [10] |
Presidential Commission of Uganda | |||||
Apollo Milton Obote | |||||
7 | Joseph Mulenga | 1986
|
1989
|
Yoweri Museveni | [11] |
8 | George Kanyeihamba | 1989
|
1990
|
[12][13] | |
9 | Abu Mayanja | 1990
|
1994
|
[14][15] | |
10 | Joseph Ekemu | 1994
|
1996
|
[16] | |
11 | Bart Magunda Katureebe | 1996
|
1998
|
[17][18] | |
12 | Joshua S. Mayanja-Nkangi | 1998
|
2001
|
[19] | |
13 | Janat Mukwaya | 2001
|
2003
|
Janet Mukwaya was the first woman to be the minister of justice and constitutional affairs in Uganda.[20][21][22] | |
14 | Amama Mbabazi | 2004
|
2006
|
This was Mbabazi's fourth of seven ministerial positions he would hold, and this appointment earned him his moniker "Super Minister".[23] | |
15 | Kiddu Makubuya | 2006
|
2011
|
[24] | |
16 | Kahinda Otafiire | 2011
|
2019
|
[25] | |
17 | Ephraim Kamuntu | 2019
|
2022
| ||
18 | Norbert Mao | 2022
|
present
|
[26] |