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Aggrey Awori was born on 23 February, 1939 in Uganda, is a Ugandan economist and politician (1939–2021). Discover Aggrey Awori's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 82 years old?

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Occupation Economist, politician
Age 82 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 23 February, 1939
Birthday 23 February
Birthplace Uganda
Date of death 5 July, 2021
Died Place Naalya, Kampala, Uganda
Nationality Uganda

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1939

Aggrey Siryoyi Awori (23 February 1939 – 5 July 2021) was a Ugandan economist, politician and Olympic hurdler, who served as Minister for Information and Communications Technology in the Cabinet of Uganda from 16 February 2009 to 27 May 2011.

Awori was born on 23 February 1939, in Budimo Village, Busia District, near the Ugandan/Kenyan border as the tenth of seventeen children.

His parents were Canon Jeremiah Musungu Awori, a pioneer African priest of the Anglican Church in East Africa and Mrs. Mariamu Odongo Awori, a nurse and community teacher.

Aggrey's siblings include the ninth Kenyan vice-president Arthur Moody Awori and Mary Okelo, the first woman in East Africa to head a Barclays Bank branch and the founder of the Kenya Women Finance Trust, Kenya's women only bank.

Mary is also the founder of Makini Schools, a leading school chain in East Africa.

Awori owned an urban home in Busia Municipality and a country home in neighboring Bugiri District.

Awori attended Nabumali High School in Mbale District and King's College Budo, in Wakiso District, both in Uganda.

He was the Canada House Prefect at King's College Budo.

1959

While at King's College Budo (1959 to 1961), Aggrey was selected among a few others for elite military officers training at Sandhurst Military College in the United Kingdom.

His father Canon Awori, however, rejected the idea of his talented son joining the military.

1960

He also represented Uganda in the 110 metres hurdles at the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1964 Summer Olympics, but failed to win any medals.

Awori has a Master of Arts in economics from Syracuse University in the U.S.

1961

From 1961 to 1965, he studied at Harvard University on a scholarship.

The first year he took nuclear physics, but then switched over to political economics.

While at Harvard, Aggrey became the first person in heptagonal track history to win three events - the long jump, high hurdles, and 60-yard dash, tying the heptagonal record in the hurdles and setting the mark in the dash.

He also ran on the victorious mile relay team that tied the heptagonal record.

By the time he graduated from Harvard, Awori held three outdoor and five indoor school records.

1967

In 1967, Awori was appointed the first local director of Uganda Television (UTV).

1971

In 1971 Awori was jailed for two months after Idi Amin's coup, because during Amin's first coup attempt he didn't broadcast a speech Amin gave, lying to him by saying that they were live on air.

1976

He went into political exile in Kenya, where he taught political journalism at the University of Nairobi until 1976 and then traveled around Africa visiting Tanzania, Liberia and Senegal and returning to Nairobi in 1979.

1979

After Idi Amin was overthrown in 1979, Awori returned to Uganda.

He ran for a seat in the National Assembly of Uganda, but lost.

1985

He then became Ambassador to the United States, until being transferred by Tito Okello Lutwa in 1985.

He served as Uganda's Ambassador to Belgium from 1985 until 1987, when he was dropped by Yoweri Museveni.

After a brief asylum in Nairobi, Awori started to build up a rebel group operating from eastern Uganda named Force Obote Back Again (FOBA).

He stated that his reason for doing so was mainly anger at Museveni's National Resistance Army, which had confiscated his property.

1992

In 1992, he dissolved his rebel group, which had consisted mainly of young fighters.

1993

In 1993, Awori met with Museveni in New York and then was elected to the Constituent Assembly to drawing up the country's new constitution and as a member of parliament.

2001

Prior to that, he represented Samia-Bugwe North, Busia District in the Ugandan Parliament from 2001 until 2006.

Awori was an outspoken opposition member of parliament for the Uganda People's Congress (UPC) political party.

He came third in the 2001 presidential elections, polling 1.41% of the vote.

He represented Samia-Bugwe North, Busia District in the Ugandan Parliament from 2001 until 2006.

Awori was an outspoken opposition member of parliament for the Uganda People's Congress (UPC) political party.

2007

In 2007, he abandoned the UPC and joined the ruling National Resistance Movement.

In 2007, he abandoned the UPC and joined the ruling National Resistance Movement political party.

2009

He was the Minister for Information & Communications Technology in the Cabinet of Uganda from 16 February 2009 to 27 May 2011.

2011

In the cabinet reshuffle of 27 May 2011, he was dropped from the cabinet and replaced by Ruhakana Rugunda.

On account of his cabinet post, he was an ex officio Member of the Ugandan Parliament (MP).

He was married to Thelma Awori, who worked as Director for Africa at the United Nations Development Programme.

Together they were the parents of six adult children.