1971 Ugandan coup d'état
Military coup against Ugandan Pres. Milton Obote, installing Gen. Idi Amin as dictator / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 1971 Ugandan coup d'état was a military coup d'état executed by the Ugandan military, led by general Idi Amin, against the government of President Milton Obote on 25 January 1971. The seizure of power took place while Obote was abroad attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Singapore.[6] Amin was afraid that Obote might dismiss him, and installed himself as dictator.
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Part of the Cold War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Israel[1] | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Milton Obote (President of Uganda) Basil Kiiza Bataringaya [2] (Minister of Internal Affairs) Ahmad Oduka [2] (Senior superintendent of police) Suleiman Hussein [2] |
Idi Amin (Commander of the army) Erinayo Wilson Oryema[2] (Inspector general of police) Juma Butabika[2] Isaac Maliyamungu[3] | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Unknown | 5,700 soldiers; 5,500 policemen[4] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Many Acohli and Lango soldiers murdered[5] | Unknown |
The 1971 coup is often cited as an example of "class action by the military", wherein the Uganda Army acted against "an increasingly socialist regime whose egalitarian domestic politics posed more and more of a threat to the military's economic privileges".[7]