The Uganda Patriotic Movement is a defunct
political party
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in
Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa
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. It was founded by
Yoweri Museveni
Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Tibuhaburwa (born 15 September 1944) is a Ugandan politician and retired senior military officer who has been the 9th and current President of Uganda since 26 January 1986. Museveni spearheaded rebellions with aid of then ...
and participated in the December 1980
general elections
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, which were won by
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 ...
's
Uganda People's Congress
The Uganda People's Congress (UPC; sw, Congress ya Watu wa Uganda) is a political party in Uganda.
UPC was founded in 1960 by Milton Obote, who led the country to independence and later served two presidential terms under the party's banner ...
. The election results were disputed, leading Museveni to form the
National Resistance Movement
The National Resistance Movement ( sw, Harakati za Upinzani za Kitaifa; abbr. NRM) has been the ruling party in Uganda since 1986.
History
The National Resistance Movement (NRM) was founded as a liberation movement that waged a guerrilla ...
and its military wing, the
National Resistance Army
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, with which he waged a
guerrilla rebellion against Obote's government, beginning the
Ugandan Bush War
The Ugandan Bush War, also known as the Luwero War, the Ugandan Civil War or the Resistance War, was a civil war fought in Uganda by the official Ugandan government and its armed wing, the Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA), against a number o ...
. The NRM became the country's ruling party after its victory from 1986 upto date.
UPM was never withdrawn by the country's Electoral body the Uganda Electoral Commission. It still exists as one of Uganda's political parties despite being dormant with no political activity since 1984.
We can't tell who's the current the President of Uganda Patriots Movement since the EC keeps that data confidential.
Although, it's a confusing idea to identify between NRM and UPM since they were both started by the same political figures with a common idea despite one being the first before the other.
Defunct political parties in Uganda
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