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Who was Idi Amin?
Muslim Dictator of Uganda 1971-1979. Responsible for the death of hundreds of thousands of his countrymen and women. Died August 2003. Idi Amin Dada, who became known as the …'Butcher of Uganda' for his brutal, despotic rule whilst president of Uganda in the 1970s, is possibly the most notorious of all Africa's post-independence dictators. Amin seized power in a military coup in 1971 and ruled over Uganda for 8 years. Estimates for the number of his opponents who were either killed, tortured, or imprisoned vary from 100,000 to half a million. He was ousted in 1979 by Ugandan nationalists, after which he fled into exile. (MORE)
