2006-11-13 16:00:32 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Idi Amin Dada
2006-11-13 17:09:47 · answer #1 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 16⤊ 0⤋
Idi Amin Dada (1 January 1925?–16 August 2003) was an army officer and President of Uganda (1971–1979). His tenure witnessed much sectarian violence, including the persecution of the Acholi, Lango, Indian and other ethnic groups as well as Hindus and Christians in Uganda. The death toll during Amin's regime will never be accurately known. An estimate from the International Commission of Jurists is that it was not less than 80,000 and more likely around 300,000. Another estimate, compiled by exile organizations with the help of Amnesty International, put the number killed at 500,000.
And he had the longest title ever it was
His Excellency President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Sea, and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular
He loved Scots and actually wrote to the Queen of England asking about the Scots there is a fantastic novel about him called the LAST KING OF SCOTLAND also a movie too call the LAST KING OF SCOTLAND that just recently came out
2006-11-14 01:14:58 · answer #2 · answered by xhbvi3tboix 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean Idi Amin? Yes he was a villan and two faced also. Case in point Terrorists hijacked an AirFrance plane which landed in Uganda. Israel had given him LOADS of miliary help and when the Prime Minister of Israel asked for permission to land a plane to rescue its citizens and the other passangers he refused,
2006-11-14 00:12:33 · answer #3 · answered by devora k 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Idi Amin. There is an excellent movie called The Last King of Scotland about him.
2006-11-14 00:02:59 · answer #4 · answered by notyou311 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Idi Amin. And by the way, Forrest Whiticker portrays him in a new movie which is in theatres now.
2006-11-14 00:03:20 · answer #5 · answered by MamaElf 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋