Permanent historical factsheet

Exile of Idi Amin Dada

Uganda · Warfare / Military. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1980–1989Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1980

Idi Amin Dada1980

Jeddah · Warfare / Military

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

1989

Idi Amin Dada1989

Warfare / Military

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

Names involved

Idi Amin Dada

Provenance

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