Idi Amin (c. 1924–2003) by unknown photographer, c. 1972 Getty Images
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Amin, Idi (c. 1924–2003), president of Uganda
M. Louise Pirouet
Amin, Idi (c. 1924–2003), president of Uganda, was born about 1924 in Koboko in north-western Uganda to Muslim parents. His mother was a Kakwa; his father is said to have been Nubian, a term used of the Sudanese troops brought into Uganda by ...