Elioda Tumwesigye
Elioda Tumwesigye
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|---|---|
| Born |
5 April 1964 Sheema District, Uganda |
| Residence | Kampala, Uganda |
| Nationality | Ugandan |
| Ethnicity | Ankole |
| Citizenship | Uganda |
| Alma mater |
Makerere University (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) Case Western Reserve University (Master of Science in Epidemiology) |
| Occupation | Physician, Epidemiologist & Politician |
| Years active | 1990 – present |
| Known for | Politics |
| Home town | Kyangyeni |
| Title | Minister of Health |
| Religion | Anglicanism |
Elioda Tumwesigye is a Ugandan politician, physician, and epidemiologist who has served as Minister of Health in the Cabinet of Uganda since 2015.
Tumwesigye has been the elected Member of Parliament representing Sheema County North, in Sheema District, since 2001.[1] From 25 July 2013 to 28 February 2015, he served as State Minister for Health (General Duties), replacing Sarah Kataike, who became State Minister for Luweero Triangle in the Office of the Prime Minister.[2] He was promoted to the post of Minister of Health on 1 March 2015,[3] taking a slot left vacant since 18 September 2014, when Ruhakana Rugunda was appointed Prime Minister.[4]
Background and education
Elioda Tumwesigye was born in Sheema District on 5 April 1964 to Yekonia Kasyamutwe and Esteeri Kasyamutwe. He was their second child. He attended Ntare School for his O-Level education, graduating in 1981, and for his A-Level studies where he was elected Head Boy, and later graduated in 1984 as the third best performing student in the country. He holds the degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, obtained from Makerere University in 1990. While at university, he started the Sheema University Student's Association, which is still active as of March 2015. He was also elected Health Secretary of University Hall, a men's Hall of Residence at Makerere in which he resided. In 1997, he obtained the degree of Master of Science in Epidemiology, from Case Western Reserve University.[1]
Career
For eleven years, from 1990 until 2001, he worked as a medical officer at the Uganda Ministry of Health, serving in the Epidemiology Studies Unit during the last four years, from 1997 until 2001. In 2001, he contested the parliamentary seat of Sheema County North, in Sheema District, on the National Resistance Movement political party ticket. He won and was re-elected in 2006 and 2011.[1] In September 2013,[2] he was appointed Minister of State for Health (General Duties), and was appointed full Health Minister in March 2015.[3]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 POU, . "Profile of Tumwesigye Elioda, Member of Parliament for Sheema County North, Sheema District". Parliament of Uganda (POU). Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- 1 2 Nakajubi, Gloria (25 July 2013). "New Health Minister Tumwesigye Reports for Work". New Vision (Kampala). Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- 1 2 Uganda State House, . (1 March 2015). "Full Cabinet List As At 1 March 2015" (PDF). Daily Monitor (Kampala). Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- ↑ Newvision, Reporter (19 September 2014). "Ruhakana Rugunda New Prime Minister". New Vision (Kampala). Retrieved 19 September 2014.