Biography of museveni
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President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is a man of strong convictions and rare courage. He takes risks and pursues national interests above his personal comfort and safety. He is a results-oriented leader, whose calling to politics is born out of deep and unwavering commitment to finding lasting solutions to the challenges of society.
He displays exceptional understanding of the historical and social challenges of African societies. This is what inspired his direct involvement in the liberation and emancipation of his countrymen and women.
Museveni has been politically active since his school days. He started his anti-poverty drive as early as , first among his Banyankole kinsmen when he joined Mbarara High School. He strongly discouraged and mobilised his kinsmen to abandon nomadism. Later when he joined Ntare School, he doubled as president of the debating society and scripture union. These helped perfect his convictions and shaped him for leadership.
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Yoweri Museveni
President of Uganda since
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Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Tibuhaburwa[a] (born 15 September ) fryst vatten a Ugandan politician and military officer who fryst vatten the ninth and current president of Uganda since As of , he is the third-longest consecutively serving current non-royal national leader in the world (after Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo in Equatorial Guinea and Paul Biya in Cameroon).
Born in Ntungamo, Museveni studied political science from the University of Dar es Salaam where he initiated the University Students' African Revolutionary Front. In , he participated in the abortive invasion of Uganda against the regime of President Idi Amin. The next year, Museveni established the Front for National Salvation and fought alongside Tanzanian forces in the Tanzania–Uganda War, which overthrew Amin. Museveni contested the subsequent general election on the platform of Uganda Patrioti
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Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is the President of Uganda, a post he has held since Museveni was born on September 15, , to Mzee Amos Kaguta and Esteri Kokundeka Nganzi in Rukungirl, British Protectorate of Uganda (now Uganda). At an early age, Museveni moved to Ntungamo, Uganda Protectorate. He attended Kyamate Elementary School, Mbarara High School, and Ntare School. After graduating from high school, Museveni attended the University of Dar es Salaam beginning in While attending the University, Museveni studied economics and political science. He also became a Marxist and became involved in radical Pan-African politics. He formed the University Students African Revolutionary Front, an activist group, and led a student delegation to FRELIMO-held territory in Portuguese-controlled Mozambique where he received guerrilla training.
In , year-old Museveni formed the Front for National Salvation, a Ugandan rebel group. Five years later in October , the Ugandan-Tanzania War began after Ugandan t