Mustafa Adrisi

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 21 July 2007 at WebCite


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