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Rises to power in Uganda
Idi Amin initially gains power in Uganda whilst the then-president Milton Obote was temporarily staying in SIngapore. -
Amin evicts approximately 50,000 Asians and 40,000 - 80,000 Indian and Pakistani citizens.
Amin disposes of these people, causing racial conflict and leading to the chaotic degradation of the economy. He states on the issue: "I am going to ask Britain to take responsibility for all Asians in Uganda who are holding British passports, because they are sabotaging the economy of the country," He also threatens, ""If they do not leave they will find themselves sitting on the fire." -
Amin praises Hitler
Idi Amin declares that Hitler's notion to exterminate six million Jews was the correct thing to do. -
Amin bombs Tanzanian
President Amin retaliated to an invasion correlated by past supporters of the overthrown ex Ugandan President Milton Obote by bombing local Tanzanian villages. -
Peace Corps expelled from Uganda
Amin was responsible for the eviction of over 100 Peace Corps in Uganda. -
Idi Amin demolishes a failed coup
Amin desolates an attempted seizure of power and it was reported that more than 50 army officers were eliminated in the coup. -
Amin is accused of the slaughter of thousands of Ugandan citizens
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Amin orchestrates the assassination of Luwum
Idi Amin was discovered to be responsible for the execution of well-respected Ugandan arch-bishop Janani Luwum. -
around 240 US civilians residing in Uganda
After four days of imprisonment, Amin releases the hostages with the advice to exit the country. -
Idi Amin abandons Uganda after his empire begins to crumble.
He is denounced as President of Uganda on the 13th of April 1979 after he flees. -
Idi Amin is pronounced dead.
Amin died due to multiple organ failure in Saudi Arabia, where he had sought exile and was then buried.
