Otema Allimadi
Prime Minister of Uganda
In office
18 December 1980 – 27 July 1985
PresidentMilton Obote
Preceded byMilton Obote (1966)
Succeeded byPaulo Muwanga
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uganda
In office
11 April 1979 – 18 December 1980
Preceded byIdi Amin
Succeeded byMilton Obote
Personal details
Born(1929-02-11)11 February 1929
Kitgum, Northern Region, Uganda
Died5 August 2001(2001-08-05) (aged 72)
Kampala, Uganda
Political partyUganda People's Congress
Uganda People's Democratic Movement
ChildrenMilton Allimadi
Barbara Allimadi

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]

After the ousting of the regime, he fled the country before returning to Uganda.[2]

Biography

In 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

  1. ^ World Statesmen: Uganda
  2. ^ "Tribute: E. Otema Allimadi--Honorable Ugandan Statesman Who Abhorred Corruption | Black Star News". 12 February 2019.
  3. ^ http://opm.go.ug/new/staff/rt-hon-otema-allimadi/ [dead link]
  4. ^ Lamwaka, Caroline (2016). The Raging Storm: A Reporter's Inside Account of the Northern Uganda War, 1986-2005.
  5. ^ "Police probe political activist Barbara Allimadi's death". Monitor. 2020-07-19. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
Political offices Preceded byMilton Obote Prime Minister of Uganda 18 December 1980 – 27 July 1985 Succeeded byPaulo Muwanga


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