Godfrey Binaisa

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Godfrey Binaisa was a Ugandan lawyer and politician who briefly served as President of Uganda in 1979–1980 following the fall of Idi Amin.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
politician
areaOfInfluence Ugandan constitutional and political affairs
continentOfCitizenship Africa
countryOfCitizenship Uganda
countryOfOrigin Uganda
ethnicGroup Ugandan
familyName Binaisa
fieldOfWork law
politics
followedBy Presidential Commission of Uganda
gender male
givenName Godfrey
governmentalJurisdiction Republic of Uganda
linked to: Uganda
governmentBranch executive
hasCitizenship Ugandan
hasRole head of state
public office holder
hasTitle President
headOfGovernmentOf Uganda
historicalPeriod 20th century
Cold War era
linked to: Cold War
isPartOf history of Uganda
jurisdiction Uganda
languageOfWorkOrName English
Luganda
legalProfession barrister
name Godfrey Binaisa
notableFor role in Ugandan politics during the post-Amin transitional period
serving as President of Uganda after the fall of Idi Amin
notableOffice President of Uganda
occupation lawyer
politician
officeEndTime 1980
officeStartTime 1979
partOf post-Amin Ugandan leadership
politicalActivity Ugandan transitional government after Idi Amin
politicalAlignment anti-Amin transitional leadership
politicalSystemContext Ugandan provisional government
positionHeld President of Uganda
precededBy Yusuf Lule
regionOfActivity East Africa
residence Uganda
significantEvent fall of Idi Amin
sphereOfActivity national politics of Uganda
successorEntity Ugandan Presidential Commission

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Yusuf Lule replacedBy Godfrey Binaisa
Yusuf Lule followedBy Godfrey Binaisa
Godfrey Binaisa name Godfrey Binaisa
King’s College Budo hasAlumni Godfrey Binaisa