Idi Amin's Timeline: Life, Photos, and Key Events

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Ugandan dictator as a young man serving in the Kings African Rifles s 1221x1024

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n dictator as a young man with his first wife in At the time Amin was only a lieutenant in the Kings African Rifles He had given up his title as the light-heavyweight boxing champion of that year 1600x1104

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Nation of Islam leader meeting with Ugandan dictator 2652x2219

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Ugandan dictator speaking with at a summit of the Non-Aligned-Movement in Although Castro would remain in power in Cuba for decades Amin would be overthrown and exiled from Uganda less than two years after this meeting 960x860

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Ugandan dictator and Zairian dictator Seko during the I conflict in April 862 × 646

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Ugandan dictator in exile in in the year following his overthrow 9 years later he would briefly ruin his relationship with his Saudi hosts by leaving the country and attempting to reconquer Uganda 2195x1926