Full Name | Idi Amin |
Net Worth | $13 Million |
Date Of Birth | 1925-01-01 |
Died | August 16, 2003, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
Place Of Birth | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
Height | 1.93 m |
Profession | Soldier, Politician |
Religion | Agnostic |
Nationality | Ugandan |
Spouse | Mama a Chumaru, Sarah Kyolaba, Madina Amin, Nora Amin, Malyamu Amin, Kay Amin |
Children | Jaffar Amin, Moses Amin, Taban Amin, Faisal Wangita, Hussein Amin, Khadija Abria Amin, Haji Ali Amin, Mwanga Amin, Kato Amin, Ali Amin, Iman Aminu, Maimuna Amin, Wasswa Amin |
Parents | Assa Aatte, Amin Dada |
Siblings | Amule Amin, Ramadhan Amin, Deah Amin |
Nicknames | Idi Amin, Idi Amin Dada, Dada, Idi Amin, Idi Faturoti Amin |
IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm0024907 |
Movies | General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait |
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1 | Trained by the British army. |
2 | Self-declared title: His Excellency President for Life Field Marshal Al Hadji Dr. Idi Amin, VC, DSO, MC, King of Scotland Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Sea and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular |
3 | Was believed to have up to 50 children and five wives, two of whom he personally killed. According to aides, he would place the body of one of his murdered wives on a chair at the dinner table while he dined with his children, telling them that this is what happened when "bad mommy" disobeyed him. |
4 | Human rights groups say from 100,000 to 500,000 people were murdered during Amin's eight-year rule. |
5 | In 1972, he expelled 50,000 Asians, whose ancestors had come to Uganda as laborers for the British and became the country's premier traders and businessmen, saying God had told him to transform Uganda into "a black man's country." He gave the Asians' homes and businesses to favored military officers in an effort to insure their loyalty. Deprived of its business class, the East African nation plummeted into economic chaos. |
6 | During his rule, he declared himself King of Scotland, banned hippies and miniskirts, and attended a Saudi royal funeral wearing a kilt. |
7 | In 1976 the Palestine Liberation Organization hijacked an Air France airliner to Entebbe Airport outside Kampala and held its Israeli passengers hostage. In a stunning military operation, Israeli commandos flew to Uganda, landed unobserved at the far end of Entebbe, and in a coordinated attack rescued the hostages and killed all the hijackers, along with a number of Ugandan troops who were protecting them. Amin claimed he had been trying to negotiate a peaceful resolution, but there was overwhelming evidence that he was in league with the hijackers. |
8 | Once offered to be King of Scotland, if he was asked. |
9 | His friendship with King Faisal I of Saudi Arabia helped ease the way for a quiet retirement in that country, and Amin died in a hospital named after the King. |
10 | Was overweight and suffered from hypertension and fatigue in his later years, leading to his slipping into a coma on July 18, 2003, and his body gave out almost one month later, on August 16, 2003. |
11 | Amin's son, Haji Ali Kirunda Amin, failed to take the Njeru Town Council (Kampala, Uganda) chairperson's seat in a five-man race. (8 January 2002) |
12 | When he discovered that president Milton Obote intended to arrest him on charges of misappropriating millions of dollars of military funds, Amin seized power in a coup on 1/25/71 while Obote was out of the country, and had Obote's supporters executed. Amin had been the chief of staff of Uganda's army and air force until 1970. |
13 | Heavyweight boxing champion of Uganda (1951 - 1960) |
14 | When the official newspaper wrote about him they had to begin with the following: "His Excellency, Field Marshall, Al-Haji, Dr. Idi Amin Dada, Life President of Uganda, conqueror of the British Empire, distinguished service order of the Military Cross, Victoria Cross and Professor of Geography." |
15 | Conferred a doctorate of law on himself from Makerere University. |
16 | In July 1961, Amin became the first Ugandan to become a commissioned officer in the British colonial King's African Rifles. |
17 | The Saudi government has supported Amin and his family since he fled Uganda on 11 April 1979. In return, the Saudis - who won't talk about their infamous guest - demand silence and no political activity. |
18 | President and ruthless dictator of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. |
19 | Was illiterate. |