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B I O G R A P H
Y
 H.
E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni
President
of Uganda
Uganda's
President Museveni, Chairman of the Common Market
for East and Southern African States (COMESA) has
emerged as one of the most significant leaders in
the developing world. Under his helm, Uganda has
distinguished itself as a model post-conflict
reformer - leading the world in tackling HIV/AIDS,
poverty, and illiteracy. Uganda, the fastest
growing economy in Africa, has maintained an
average growth rate of 6.5 percent over the past
ten years; reduced poverty from 56 percent to under
27 percent; decreased the rate of HIV/AIDS
infection from 30 percent to six percent in 10
years; increased primary-level education from 40
percent to 99 percent in twelve years and leads the
developing world in empowering women.
Yoweri
Kaguta Museveni became President of the Republic of
Uganda on January 29, 1986 after leading a
successful five-year liberation struggle. He went
to the bush with 26 other young men and organized
the National Resistance Movement and National
Resistance Army (NRM/NRA) to oppose the tyranny
that previous regimes had unleashed upon the
population.
After
victory, he formed a broad-based government that
helped to unite the country's political
groups.
Previous
to the struggle of 1981-1986, Museveni had been one
of the leaders in the anti-Amin resistance of
1971-1979 that had led to the fall of that
monstrous regime.
Museveni,
who has been politically active since his student
days at Ntare School, Mbarara, in south west
Uganda, studied political science at the University
of Dar es Salaam, graduating in 1970 with a
Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Political
Science.
After Idi Amin's coup in 1971, Museveni was
instrumental in forming Fronasa (the Front for
National Salvation). Fronasa made up the core of
one of the Ugandan fighting groups which, together
with the Tanzanian People's Defence Forces, ousted
Amin's regime in April 1979.
Uganda President
Museveni
welcomes
North American and World Travel Tourist Industry to
ATA Cultural and Ecotourism
Symposium
President
Museveni supports AGOA
 President
Museveni, Chairman of the Common Market for East
and Southern African States (COMESA), has emerged
as one of the most significant leaders in the
developing world. Under his helm, Uganda has
distinguished itself as a model post-conflict
reformer - leading the world in tackling HIV/AIDS,
poverty, and illiteracy. Uganda, the fastest
growing economy in Africa, has maintained an
average growth rate of 6.5 percent over the past
ten years; reduced poverty from 56 percent to under
27 percent; decreased the rate of HIV/AIDS
infection from 30 percent to six percent in 10
years; increased primary-level education from 40
percent to 99 percent in twelve years and leads the
developing world in empowering women.
President
Museveni, a visionary statesman, has demonstrated
that the immense development challenges of this
century are not insurmountable. Leaders throughout
the developed and developing world call on his
counsel and ideas.
President
Museveni has also distinguished himself as Africa's
greatest champion of trade. He was the first Head
of State to endorse the African Growth and
Opportunity Act (AGOA) and advocate for advocate
for its extension in Congress.
President
Museveni's address will be followed by an
interactive discussion on trade, development and
security issue
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