Idi Amin

Full Name: Idi Amin Dada
Profession: Ugandan Dictator

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Biography: President of Uganda from 1971 until 1979. Gained international notoriety for a rule characterized by mass repression, corruption, nepotism and economic mismanagement.

After launching a war against Tanzania in 1979, Amin was overthrown and lived in exile in Saudi Arabia until his death in 2003.

Birthplace: Koboko, Uganda

Died: August 16, 2003
Cause of Death: Kidney failure