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Idi Amin (Idi Amin Dada Oumee (Big Daddy, The Butcher of Uganda)) was born on 30 November, 1922 in Uganda, is a composer. Discover Idi Amin'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 80 years old?

Popular As Idi Amin Dada Oumee (Big Daddy, The Butcher of Uganda)
Occupation composer
Age 80 years old
Zodiac Sign
Born 30 November, 1923
Birthday 30 November
Birthplace Uganda
Date of death 16 August, 2003
Died Place Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Nationality Uganda

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Idi Amin Height, Weight & Measurements

At 80 years old, Idi Amin height is 6' 4" (1.93 m) .

Physical Status
Height 6' 4" (1.93 m)
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Who Is Idi Amin's Wife?

His wife is Sarah Kyolaba (1975 - 16 August 2003) ( his death), Nalongo Madina (1972 - ?) ( divorced), Nora (1967 - 1972) ( divorced), Malyamu (1966 - 1972) ( divorced), Kay Adroa (? - 1972) ( divorced)

Family
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Wife Sarah Kyolaba (1975 - 16 August 2003) ( his death), Nalongo Madina (1972 - ?) ( divorced), Nora (1967 - 1972) ( divorced), Malyamu (1966 - 1972) ( divorced), Kay Adroa (? - 1972) ( divorced)
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Idi Amin Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Idi Amin worth at the age of 80 years old? Idi Amin’s income source is mostly from being a successful Composer. He is from Uganda. We have estimated Idi Amin's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
Salary in 2024 Under Review
Net Worth in 2023 Pending
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Source of Income Composer

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1923

Idi Amin Dada Oumee was born in the rural village of Koboko, Uganda, in 1923, a member of the Kakwa tribe. Raised in the isolated farming country of northwestern Uganda, Amin received a scant education which left him functionally illiterate. During the Second World War, at the age of 18, he enlisted in the British Army in the East African Rifles and fought in Burma against the Japanese. At the end of the war Amin joined the British 4th Ugandan Battalion.

1953

After distinguishing himself in the fight against Kenya's Mau Maus between 1953 and 1957, Amin was promoted to sergeant major and admitted to an officer training program. Despite his lack of formal education, he proved to be one of Uganda's most able military commanders.

1961

In July 1961 he became the first Ugandan to become a commissioned officer in the British colonial King's African Rifles.

1964

In 1964, two years after Uganda was granted independence from Great Britian, Amin was appointed deputy chief of the nation's army and air force with the rank of colonel. When Amin's friend, Dr.

1966

Milton Obote, seized power in Uganda in February 1966, he placed Amin as his right-hand man in full command of the armed forces, promoting him to major general in 1968.

1970

By 1970 a rift had developed between the two men, both wanting more power.

1971

On January 25, 1971, Amin overthrew Obote in a military coup, forcing him into exile. Amin then declared himself president and general, and a year later promoted himself to field marshal. Amin's victory over the authoritarian Obote regime was initially greeted with widespread support. However, that soon turned to hatred and fear when Amin began solidifying his absolute control over the nation.

Within months after assuming office this large man (standing 6'4" and weighing 280 pounds) ordered the murder of over 5,000 members of the rival Acholi and Langi tribes which Obote and his supporters came from, beginning a reign of terror in Uganda from 1971 to 1979 in which at least 350,000 Ugandans were murdered by Amin and his secret police.

1972

In 1972 Amin, angered over foreign residents' control of Ugandan commerce, ordered the expulsion of 55,000 Asian workers and businessmen and seized their businesses and assets for himself and his supporters. Amin also stole $1. 5 billion in US and British foreign aid money and squandered it on military weapons, tripling the size of Uganda's army.

1975

In 1975 he declared himself president for life and embarked on a campaign to humiliate British nationals, climaxing in the summer of that year when he forced four Englishmen to carry him around in an Organization of African Unity rally in a sedan chair.

1976

Amin received some international attention in June-July of 1976 when he allowed Palestinian and East German terrorists to use Entebbe airport as a base to hold a group of hostages from a hijacked Air France airliner from Israel.

In a daring midnight raid on July 4, 1976, Israeli commandos freed the hostages. Although Amin claimed he was trying to negotiate the hostages' release, there was irrefutable evidence that he was indeed cooperating with and supporting the hijackers. Although he converted to Islam, Amin was oppressive in his new religion and was a noted polygamist with at least five wives and 23 children.

1977

By 1977 Uganda's economy was in shambles with a failing infrastructure, and Amin began losing support almost everywhere.

1978

In an attempt to rally the Ugandan people for his support, Amin in the spring of 1978 ordered his army to invade neighboring Tanzania, occupying 400 square miles of the country, supposedly the beginning of his plan to conquer all of Africa for himself.

After a slow start, a force of 6,000 Ugandan rebels-in-exile, aided by a slowly mobilized 50,000-strong Tanzanian army, launched a counter-offensive against Amin's 70,000-strong army in December 1978. Amin's forces, demoralized and unwilling to fight any longer for their leader, rapidly collapsed. Although Col. Muammar Gaddafi of Libya sent troops and equipment to aid Amin's army, and the Palestine Liberation Organization sent some of its fighters, they were not sufficient to quell the popular uprising that ensued throughout Uganda and the approaching Tanzanian troops and Ugandan rebels.

1979

Amin's oppressive rule was brought to an end on April 11, 1979 when Tanzanian soldiers captured the Ugandan capital of Kampala, forcing Amin to flee into exile, taking most of his ill-gotten wealth and supporters with him.

2002

Amin's son, Haji Ali Kirunda Amin, failed to take the Njeru Town Council (Kampala, Uganda) chairperson's seat in a five-man race. (8 January 2002)

2003

Was overweight and suffered from hypertension and fatigue in his later years, leading to his slipping into a coma on July 18, 2003, and his body gave out almost one month later, on August 16, 2003.