Bart Magunda Katureebe is a Ugandan judge and the former Chief Justice of

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. He was appointed to that position on 5 March 2015. Before that, he was a justice of the

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Background and education

He was born on 20 June 1950, in Rugazi Village,

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in the Western Region of Uganda to Yowana Magunda and Virginia Ngonzi. He went to Rugazi Primary School for his elementary schooling from 1957 until 1962. He then went to St. Joseph Junior Secondary School in

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from 1963 to 1964, and Kitunga High School in

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for his O-Level from 1965 until 1968. He attended

Namilyango College Namilyango College is a boys-only boarding middle and high school located in Mukono District in the Central Region of Uganda, whose history and excellence in sports and academics have made it one of the most prestigious schools in Uganda. It is ...

, an all-boys boarding school in

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, for his A-Level education from 1969 to 1970. Four years later, he graduated from

Makerere University Makerere University, Kampala (; Mak) is Uganda's largest and oldest institution of higher learning, first established as a technical school in 1922. It became an independent national university in 1970. Today, Makerere University is composed of ni ...

with a

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degree. He went on to receive a

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from the

Law Development Centre The Law Development Centre (LDC) is an educational institution in Uganda for higher learning that offers various legal courses ranging from one month to one year. Overview The LDC is the only institution in Uganda that offers the Bar Course leadi ...

Kampala Kampala (, ) is the capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,680,000 and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division, and Ruba ...

, Uganda's capital and largest city.

Career

From 1975 until 1983, Katureebe worked as a state attorney in the Ministry of Justice. From 1983 until 1988, he practiced law in a private setting. From 1988 until 1991, he served as the deputy minister for regional cooperation, then deputy minister of industry and technology (1991 to 1992), and State Minister for Health and a member of the National Resistance Council, a legislative body at that time (1992 to 1996). From 1994 until 1995, he was the elected member of the Constituent Assembly representing Bunyaruguru County,

. From 1996 until 2001, he served as the minister of justice, constitutional affairs and attorney general. He went back to private practice in 2001, becoming one of the founding partners of Kampala Associated Advocates. Chambers Global named him one of Uganda’s leading lawyers in 2004 and he also served as Board Chairman of the Vision Group (a media company) and served on the Standard Chartered Bank Ltd’s Board of Directors. He was appointed a justice of the Supreme Court in 2005. On 5 March 2015, he was appointed chief justice. On 20 June 2020, he marked his last day in office as a chief justice of the Republic of Uganda and handed over to his Deputy

Alfonse OWiny-Dollo Alfonse Chigamoy Owiny-Dollo is a Ugandan lawyer and judge. He has been the Chief Justice of Uganda since 20 August 2020. He served as the Acting Chief Justice of Uganda from 22 June 2020 and was a deputy Chief Justice from 30 September 2017. H ...

to be the Acting Chief Justice. On December 8, 2020 he was appointed as a member of International Commercial Expert Committee of the Supreme Court of the People’s Republic of China for a four-year contract, which runs until December 8, 2024.

Other considerations

Katureebe is married and a father of six children. He is a member of the Judicial Service Commission.

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Background and education

Career

Other considerations

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