Mustafa Adrisi

Mustafa Adrisi
3rd Vice President of Uganda
In office
1977–1978
President Idi Amin
Personal details
Born 1922 (1922)
Died July 28, 2013(2013-07-28) (aged 90–91)

General Mustafa Adrisi (c.1922 – 28 July 2013) was Vice President of Uganda from 1977 to 1978 and one of President Idi Amin's closest associates.[1] In 1978, after Adrisi was injured in a suspicious auto accident, troops loyal to him mutinied. Amin sent troops against the mutineers, some of whom had fled across the Tanzanian border, eventually leading to the Uganda–Tanzania War.[2]

In the late 1990s, Mustafa Adrisi was living quietly in Arua, West Nile, in a house provided by the Ugandan government, and had recently gone back to complete his primary school certificate. He died in 2013.

References

  1. newvision. "Former VP Gen. Mustafa Adrisi dies". Newvision.co.ug. Retrieved 2013-07-28.
  2. Military rule under Amin, Library of Congress Country Studies: Uganda Archived July 22, 2007, at WebCite


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