Idi Amin Dada Biography

Birth of Ida Amin Dada, born as Awo-Ongo Angoo in Kampala, fathered by Andreas Nyabire, Nyabire was an ethnic Kakwa and Catholic who converted to Islam iand changed his name to Amin Dada

Birth of Ida Amin Dada, born as Awo-Ongo Angoo in Kampala, fathered by Andreas Nyabire, Nyabire was an ethnic Kakwa and Catholic who converted to Islam iand changed his name to Amin Dada

Amin joins the King's African Rifles (KAR) of the British colonial army as part of the laundry and kitchen army staff whilst undergoing training

Holds Ugandas light heavyweight boxing championship from 1951 to 1960

Appointed Corporal

Appointed Sargeant

Appointed Effendi (Warrant Officer), the highest rank possible for a Black African in the colonial British army

The first two Ugandans to become commissioned officers with the rank of Lieutenant

After independence Milton Obote, Ugandas first Prime Minister, rewards Idi Amin for his loyalty by promoting him to Captain

Appointed Deputy Commander of the Army

Obote promotes Amin to General and Commander of the Ugandan Army

Obote promotes Amin to General and Commander of the Ugandan Army

Amin gives the former King and President Mutesa, who had died in exile, a state burial

Amin founds the so-called "State Research Bureau," which are death squads to hunt down and murder Obotes supporters, as well as much of the intelligentsia, whom he distrusted

Amin founds the so-called "State Research Bureau," which are death squads to hunt down and murder Obotes supporters, as well as much of the intelligentsia, whom he distrusted

After hearing that Obote was planning to arrest him for misappropriating army funds, Amin seized power in a military coup when Obote is attending a Commonwealth summit meeting in Singapore

After hearing that Obote was planning to arrest him for misappropriating army funds, Amin seized power in a military coup when Obote is attending a Commonwealth summit meeting in Singapore.

Amin's government expelled 49,000 Ugandan Asians.

Idi Amin Dada overthrows President Obote.

Idi Amin is initially welcomed both within Uganda and by the international community, In an internal memo, the British Foreign Office described him as "A splendid type and a good football player."

Over 300,000 opponents of the new regime are killed.

Amin severs diplomatic relations with Israel, while turning to Muammar al-Qaddafi of Libya, as well as the Soviet Union, for support

The Asian community is expelled

The Asian community is expelled

Amin gives Ugandas 50,000 Asians (mostly Indians of Gujarati origin) 90 days to leave the country, following an alleged dream in which, he claimed, God told him to expel them

The United States closes its embassy in Kampala

The United Kingdom closes its High Commission in Uganda. Amin announces he will investigate the possibility that large parts of southern Sudan and western and central Kenya, up to within 32 km of Nairobi, were historically a part of colonial Uganda

The hijackers agree to the release of non-Jewish and noni passengers and a transport plane, arranged by Amin, takes off and lands in Europe

Appointed President of Uganda, for life

Appointed President of Uganda, for life

The hijackers demand the release of 53 PLO and Red Army Faction prisoners in return for the 256 hostages and are assisted by Amins troops. Flight 139, the Air France Airbus hijacked from Athens is invited by Amin to stop at Entebbe International Airport in the city of Entebbe, 32 km from Kampala

Appointed President of Uganda, for life

The hijackers demand the release of 53 PLO and Red Army Faction prisoners in return for the 256 hostages and are assisted by Amins troops

The hijackers demand the release of 53 PLO and Red Army Faction prisoners in return for the 256 hostages and are assisted by Amins troops

The success of the Israeli operation largely contributed to Amins downfall, while increased resistance and sabotage operations cripple Uganda during his final years

At midnight Israeli commandos attack the airport and free all but four of the hostages who are killed

After Britain breaks off diplomatic relations with his regime, Amin declares he had beaten the British and conferred on himself the decoration of CBE (Conqueror of the British Empire)

After Britain breaks off diplomatic relations with his regime, Amin declares he had beaten the British and conferred on himself the decoration of CBE (Conqueror of the British Empire)

Amin orders the invasion of Tanzania, with the help of Libyan troops, Amin tries to annex the northern Tanzanian province of Kagera

Tanzania, under President Julius Nyerere, declares war on Uganda, then begins a counterattack, enlisting the countrys population of Ugandan exiles. Amin orders the invasion of Tanzania, with the help of Libyan troops, Amin tries to annex the northern Tanzanian province of Kagera

Flees to Libya when insurgent Ugandan & Tanzanian troops invade the Country. Amin goes first to Libya, departing Uganda in a Bell UH-1 registered 5X-UWG, where sources are divided on whether he remained until December 1979 before finding final asylum in Saudi Arabia

Insurgent Ugandan & Tanzanian troops invade Uganda

Amin is forced to flee the capital, Kampala, when the Tanzanian army, aided by Ugandan exiles who had united as the Uganda National Liberation Army, take the city

Amin is forced to flee the capital, Kampala, when the Tanzanian army, aided by Ugandan exiles who had united as the Uganda National Liberation Army, take the city

Amin goes first to Libya, departing Uganda in a Bell UH-1 registered 5X-UWG, where sources are divided on whether he remained until December 1979 before finding final asylum in Saudi Arabia

Opens a bank account in Jeddah and resides there, subsisting on a Government stipend

Amin, who had always held that Uganda needed him, and who never expressed remorse for the abuses of his regime attempts to return to Uganda, apparently to lead an armed group organised by Col. Juma Oris

Death of Idi Amin Dada, in exile in Saudi Arabia