Ugandan premier Apollo Milton Obote is shot in the head by a gunman.

Date: 19 Dec 1969
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

Ugandan premier Apollo Milton Obote is shot in the head by a gunman.

Apollo Milton Obote was a Ugandan socialist political leader who led the country to independence in 1962. He became prime minister of Uganda and later president. In 1969, an attempt on his life was made when he was shot at while attending a UPC conference in Kampala. Angered and paranoid after the attempted assassination, he banned all opposition parties and adopted an authoritarian regime. His government was overthrown in 1971 and was succeeded by Idi Amin. He died of kidney failure in 2005.

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01The Telegraph (2005) Milton Obote [online] Available at: www.telegraph.co.uk [Accessed on 29 October 2013]
02Biography Milton Obote [online] Available at: www.biography.com [Accessed on 29 October 2013]

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South African History Online. (2011, December 14). Ugandan premier Apollo Milton Obote is shot in the head by a gunman.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0071166

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South African History Online. "Ugandan premier Apollo Milton Obote is shot in the head by a gunman.." South African History Online. December 14, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0071166.