Ntare VI (January 10, 1940 – October 14, 2011) was the

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or Ankole and the 27th of the Bahinda dynasty, although he did not rule over Ankole. Ntare VI was born as John Patrick Barigye in January 1940 to Omugabe (King) Charles Godfrey Gasyonga II of Ankole /Nkore kingdom, Uganda and Queen Constance Ndyomwishiki. Barigye graduated in economics from

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in England in 1962 and has subsequently been ambassador in

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, then president of Uganda, gave Barigye a job as an ambassador after Barigye and Barigye's father publicly asked Amin not to restore the monarchy. He died in October 2011 at the age of 71 and wS succeeded by his son current titular King Charles Rwebishengye ANKOLE
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Coronation and kingship

His coronation took place on November 20, 1993 and was subsequently nullified by the NRM government. He was the first king after the kingship had been abolished 1967. The kingship in Ankole is still not restored, contrary to the other kingdoms in Uganda viz Toro, Buganda and

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. President Museveni himself nullified the coronation in 1993, saying the people of Ankole had to decide.

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