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List of ministers of justice and constitutional affairs of Uganda
Since independence from the United Kingdom on 9 October 1962, Uganda has had the following ministers of justice and constitutional affairs:
No. | Name | From | To | Head of state | Notes |
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1 | Grace Ibingira | 1962 | 1964 | Apollo Milton Obote | Ibingira was the first minister of justice and constitutional affairs of Uganda after Independence. |
2 | Cuthbert Joseph Obwangor | 1964 | 1966 | After being Minister of Internal Affairs, Cuthbert Joseph Obwangor became Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs. | |
- | Vacant | 1966 | 1971 | After Obwangor, Uganda did not have a minister of justice for the remainder of Apollo Milton Obote's first administration. | |
3 | Peter James Nkambo Mugerwa | 1971 | 1973 | Idi Amin | |
4 | Godfrey Serunkuma Lule | 1973 | 1977 | ||
5 | Dani Wadada Nabudere | 1979 | 1979 | Yusuf Lule | |
6 | Edward Ogbal | 1979 | 1986 | Godfrey Binaisa | |
Presidential Commission of Uganda | |||||
Apollo Milton Obote | |||||
7 | Joseph Mulenga | 1986 | 1989 | Yoweri Museveni | |
8 | George Kanyeihamba | 1989 | 1990 | ||
9 | Abu Mayanja | 1990 | 1994 | ||
10 | Joseph Ekemu | 1994 | 1996 | ||
11 | Bart Magunda Katureebe | 1996 | 1998 | ||
12 | Joshua S. Mayanja-Nkangi | 1998 | 2001 | ||
13 | Janat Mukwaya | 2001 | 2003 | Janet Mukwaya was the first woman to be the minister of justice and constitutional affairs in Uganda. | |
14 | Amama Mbabazi | 2004 | 2006 | This was Mbabazi's fourth of seven ministerial positions he would hold, and this appointment earned him his moniker "Super Minister". | |
15 | Kiddu Makubuya | 2006 | 2011 | ||
16 | Kahinda Otafiire | 2011 | 2019 | ||
17 | Ephraim Kamuntu | 2019 | 2022 | ||
18 | Norbert Mao | 2022 | present |
See also
- Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs
- Cabinet of Uganda
- List of ministers of foreign affairs of Uganda
- List of ministers of internal affairs of Uganda
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