Idi Amin

Personal Info

Birthday

May 17, 1925

Day of Death

2003-08-16

(78 years old)

Place of Birth

Kampala , Uganda Protectorate

Idi Amin

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Idi Amin Dada (c.

1925 – 16 August 2003) was a military leader and President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. Amin joined the British colonial regiment, the King's African Rifles, in 1946, and eventually held the rank of Major General and Commander of the Ugandan Army before taking power in the military coup of January 1971, deposing Milton Obote. He later promoted himself to Field Marshal while he was the head of state.

Known For

Filmography

2025
The Gold Panner from Lannavaara
as Self (archive footage)
2024
A Life Among Elephants
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Året var 1972
as Self (archive footage)
2013
Dictator: One Crazy Job
as Self (archive footage)
Propaganda
as Self (archive footage)
1998
How to Be Foreign Secretary
as Self (archive footage)
1977
Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante
as Self (archive footage)
1974
General Idi Amin Dada
as Himself (as Idi Amin Dada)
1973
Aikamme uskomuksia - ei ainoastaan leivästä
as Himself, president of Uganda (archive footage)