Idi Amin
Birthday
1925/05/30
Day of death
2003/08/16 (78 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Kampala , Uganda Protectorate
Also know as
Idi Amin Dada Oumee
Biography
Idi Amin Dada (30 May 1928 – 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. Amin's rule was characterized by human rights abuse, political repression,...Read more
Acting
(1974) General Idi Amin Dada
as Himself (as Idi Amin Dada)
(1998) How to Be Foreign Secretary
as Self (archive footage)
(2022) Thrown into Canada
as ---
(1973) Aikamme uskomuksia - ei ainoastaan leivästä
as Himself, president of Uganda (archive footage)
(2013) Dictator: One Crazy Job
as Self (archive footage)
(2024) A Life Among Elephants
as Self (archive footage)
(2021) Året var 1972
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)
(2025) The Gold Panner from Lannavaara
as Self (archive footage)
(2021) How to Become a Tyrant
as Self (archive footage)
(2018) Basketball: A Love Story
as Self (archive footage)