(AFRICA,UGANDA)-Sir Edward Muteesa II, 38:-He became the first President of Uganda in 1963, at the age of 38, following the country’s independence.

(AFRICA,UGANDA)-Sir Edward Muteesa II, 38:-He became the first President of Uganda in 1963, at the age of 38, following the country’s independence.

(AFRICA,UGANDA)-Sir Edward Muteesa II, 38:-He became the first President of Uganda in 1963, at the age of 38, following the country’s independence.

His presidency ended in 1966 after a coup led by Prime Minister Milton Obote who was later overthwon by General Idi Amin Dada.
Before that, he had become the king (Kabaka) of Buganda at 14, a sign of his early rise to leadership🇺🇬

In the years preceding Uganda’s independence from the United Kingdom in 1962, Mutesa became part of the monarchist Kabaka Yekka party which then formed a coalition with Milton Obote’s Uganda People’s Congress. The year after Uganda’s independence, Mutesa was named the first President of Uganda (then a non-executive position) in 1963 with Obote as Prime Minister. Mutesa’s alliance with Obote collapsed in 1964 over the Ugandan lost counties referendum. It worsened in 1966, resulting in Obote overthrowing him and forcing him into exile in the United Kingdom, where he died three years later.