Bright Kanyontore Rwamirama is a Ugandan politician and retired

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. He is the minister for animal industry in the Ugandan cabinet. He was appointed to that position on 1 June 2006. In the cabinet reshuffle of 16 February 2009, that of 27 May 2011, and that of 1 March 2015, he retained his cabinet post. He also serves as the elected

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representing "Isingiro County North",

Isingiro District Isingiro District is a district in the Western Region of Uganda. The town of Isingiro is the district's main municipal, administrative, and commercial center. Location Isingiro District is bordered by Kiruhura District to the north, Rakai Distr ...

. He has served in that capacity continuously since 2001. and he won Posiono Mugyenyi in 2021 general election.

Background and education

Rwamirama was born in

on 16 December 1954. Bright Rwamirama attended Omungyenyi Primary School for his elementary education,

Mbarara High School Mbarara High School (MHS), is a boys-only boarding middle and high school located in the city of Mbarara, in Mbarara District in Western Uganda. Location The school is located in the Western Ugandan city of Mbarara, approximately , by road, sou ...

for his O-Level education and Kololo High School for his A-Level studies. He holds the degrees of

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(1996) and

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(2004), 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 ...

. His Certificate in Management was awarded in 1993, also by Makerere. He also attended the British Junior Staff College, studying the Junior Command and Staff Course and

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, studying the Resource Management Course. He obtained certificates from both courses.

Career

From 1978 until 1983, Rwamirama worked as a Banking Officer at

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, the institution that later became Stanbic Bank Uganda. In 1983, he joined the

National Resistance Army The National Resistance Army (NRA), the military wing of the National Resistance Movement (NRM), was a rebel army that waged a guerrilla war, commonly referred to as the Ugandan Bush War or Luwero War, against the government of Milton Obote, and l ...

(NRA), in the

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to dislodge

Milton Obote Apollo Milton Obote (28 December 1925 – 10 October 2005) was a Ugandan political leader who led Uganda to independence from British colonial rule in 1962. Following the nation's independence, he served as prime minister of Uganda from 1962 to ...

from power. He was appointed Officer in Charge of Pay in the NRA in 1986, serving in that capacity until 1989. In 1989, he was promoted to Director of Finance, in the NRA, which was renamed

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(UPDF), in 1995. He served in that capacity at the UPDF headquarters, until 1997. He continued to serve as one of the Senior Staff Officers at UPDF Headquarters, until 2001. In 2001, he retired from the Armed Forces at the rank of

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. He joined politics, contesting for the parliamentary seat of "Isingiro County North", in

. He won that seat and was re-elected to the same position in 2006 and 2011. He was appointed Minister of State for Animal Industry in June 2006, a position he still occupies as of March 2015.

Other considerations

Bright Rwamirama is married. He belongs to the

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political party. His interests include

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and watching sports events.

References

External links

Website of the Parliament of Uganda

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rwamirama, Bright 1954 births Living people Ugandan people People from Isingiro District Members of the Parliament of Uganda Government ministers of Uganda National Resistance Movement politicians Ugandan military personnel Makerere University alumni People from Western Region, Uganda Naval Postgraduate School alumni People educated at Mbarara High School 21st-century Ugandan politicians

Background and education

Career

Other considerations

See also

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