List of Famous people born in Western Region, Uganda

Yoweri Museveni

First Name Yoweri

Yoweri Tibuhaburwa Kaguta Museveni is a Ugandan politician who has served as President of Uganda since 1986. Museveni was involved in rebellions that toppled Ugandan leaders Idi Amin (1971–79) and Milton Obote (1980–85) before he captured power in the 1980s.

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Aronda Nyakairima

First Name Aronda
Born on July 7, 1959
Died on September 12, 2015 (aged 56)

Aronda Nyakairima was a Ugandan military officer and politician who served in the cabinet of Uganda as minister of internal affairs from 2013 until his death on 11 September 2015. Previously, he served as the chief of defence forces in the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF) from 2003 to 2013.

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Elizabeth Nyabongo

First Name Elizabeth
Last Name Nyabongo
Born on February 9, 1936 (age 88)

Princess Elizabeth of Toro is the Batebe of the Kingdom of Toro. She is a Ugandan lawyer, politician, diplomat, and model. She was the first female East African to be admitted to the English Bar. She is a paternal aunt of the King of Toro, Rukidi IV. She briefly served as minister of foreign affairs under Idi Amin from February to November 1974.

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Janet Museveni

Janet Kataaha
First Name Janet
Last Name Museveni
Born on June 24, 1948 (age 76)

Janet Kainembabazi Museveni is a Ugandan politician who has been the First Lady of Uganda since 1986. She is married to President Yoweri Museveni, with whom she has four children. She has been Cabinet Minister of Education and Sports in the Ugandan Cabinet, since 6 June 2016. She previously served as Minister for Karamoja Affairs in the Cabinet of Uganda from 27 May 2011 until 6 June 2016. She also served as the elected Member of Parliament representing Ruhaama County in Ntungamo District, between 2011 and 2016. She published her autobiography, My Life's Journey, in 2011.

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Barbie Itungo Kyagulanyi

First Name Barbie
Last Name Kyagulanyi
Born on September 7, 1985 (age 39)

Barbara Kyagulanyi is a Ugandan philanthropist and author. She is the wife to Ugandan pop artist and politician Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, alias Bobi Wine. She is the author of "Golden Memories of a Village Belle" published in 2012.

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Deogratias Muganwa Byabazaire

First Name Deogratias
Born on October 9, 1941
Died on February 8, 2014 (aged 72)

Deogratias Muganwa Byabazaire, was a Roman Catholic priest who served as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hoima, from 21 May 1990 until 8 February 2014.

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Ruhakana Rugunda

First Name Ruhakana
Born on November 7, 1947 (age 77)

Ruhakana Rugunda is a Ugandan physician and politician who has been Prime Minister of Uganda since 2014. He held a long series of cabinet posts under President Yoweri Museveni beginning in 1986. He served as Uganda's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1994 to 1996 and as Minister of Internal Affairs from 2003 to 2009. Subsequently, he was Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 2009 to 2011 and Minister of Health from 2013 to 2014.

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Christine Magnusson

First Name Christine
Last Name Magnusson
Born on November 21, 1964 (age 60)

Christine Kajumba Magnusson is a retired Swedish badminton player who won events in numerous Swedish National, open European and other international tournaments.

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Amama Mbabazi

First Name Amama
Last Name Mbabazi
Born on January 16, 1949 (age 75)

John Patrick Amama Mbabazi, SC is a Ugandan politician who served as the ninth Prime Minister of Uganda from 24 May 2011 to 19 September 2014. He played an instrumental role in Uganda's protracted liberation struggle from several tyrannical governments (1972-1986) and is a founding member of the National Resistance Movement, the ruling political party in Uganda.

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