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{{Short description|Head of state and the head of government of Uganda}}
{{For|a list of office holders|List of heads of state of Uganda}}
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| post = President
| body = the<br />Republic of Uganda
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| flag = Flag of the President of Uganda.svg
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| flagborder = yes
| flagcaption = Presidential Standard
| image = Yoweri Museveni September 2015.jpg
| imagesize = 170px
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| incumbent = [[Yoweri Museveni]]
| acting = 
| incumbentsince = 29 January 1986
| department = 
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| type = [[Head of state]]<br />[[Head of government]]
| status = 
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| member_of = 
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| residence = [[State House (Uganda)|State House]], [[Entebbe]]
| seat = 
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| appointer = 
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| termlength = Five years,
| termlength_qualified = no term limits
| constituting_instrument = [[Constitution of Uganda]] (1995)
| precursor = [[Queen of Uganda]]
| formation = {{start date and age|df=y|1963|10|9}}
| first = [[Kabaka]] [[Mutesa II of Buganda|Sir Edward Muteesa]]
| last = 
| abolished = 
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| deputy = [[Vice President of Uganda|Vice President]]
| salary = 33,600,000 [[Ugandan shilling]]/US$9130 annually<ref name="africabusinessdaily">{{cite web|url=https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/news/The-highest-and-lowest-paid-African-presidents/539546-4129430-cbmf8iz/index.html|title=The highest and lowest paid African presidents - Business Daily|date=27 December 2020|publisher=Business Daily}}</ref>
| website = {{URL|statehouse.go.ug}}
}}

{{Politics of Uganda}}

The '''president of the Republic of Uganda''' is the [[head of state]] and the [[head of government]] of [[Uganda]]. The [[President (government title)|president]] leads the [[Executive (government)|executive branch]] of the [[government of Uganda]] and is the [[commander-in-chief]] of the [[Uganda People's Defence Force]].<ref name="Government of Uganda">{{cite web |title=The President |url=https://www.gou.go.ug/content/president |website=Government of Uganda |access-date=2019-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190227062223/https://www.gou.go.ug/content/president |archive-date=2019-02-27 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Background ==

The office of the president of Uganda was formed on 9th October 1962 to replace the queen of Uganda (which was last held by [[Elizabeth II]]) as head of state. It was entirely a ceremonial role i.e without executive powers during the time of the first holder [[Mutesa II of Buganda]] until the end of the [[Mengo Crisis]] in 1967 when [[Milton Obote]] took over ending the alliance between the [[Uganda People's Congress|Uganda People’s Congress]] and the [[Kabaka Yekka]] parties combining the roles of [[prime minister]] and president and therefore creating the first president of Uganda with executive powers. 
The office has been held by 9 people, 8 of whom (besides Edward Muteesa) came into power through military coups and civil war. 

The incumbent [[Yoweri Museveni]] came to power in 1986 and is the longest serving president of Uganda, ahead of [[Idi Amin]] who ruled from 1971 to 1979.

==Qualifications==

In 2005 presidential [[term limits]] were removed,<ref name="termlimits">{{cite web |last1=Cook |first1=Candace |last2=Siegle |first2=Joseph |title=Circumvention of Term Limits Weakens Governance in Africa |url=https://africacenter.org/spotlight/circumvention-of-term-limits-weakens-governance-in-africa/ |website=Africa Center for Strategic Studies}}</ref> and in 2017, the previous upper age limit of 75 was also removed.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Athumani |first1=Halima |title=Proposed Changes to Uganda's Presidential Age Limit Hit Roadblock |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/proposed-changes-ugandas-presidential-age-limit-hit-roadblock/4038715.html |work=Voice of America |date=September 21, 2017}}</ref>

Under Article 102 of the Constitution, in order to be allowed to run for the presidency one must be a citizen of Uganda by birth, be no younger than thirty-five and eligible to be a member of Parliament.<ref>{{cite web | url-access=limited  |archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/292989700798190/1365850310178785 |archive-date = 2022-04-30| url = https://www.facebook.com/UgandaConstitution/posts/1365850310178785 |title = Constitution of The Republic of Uganda on Facebook  |website=[[Facebook]]}}{{cbignore}}{{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url-access=limited  |archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/292989700798190/773936029370219 |archive-date = 2022-04-30| url = https://www.facebook.com/UgandaConstitution/posts/qualifications-of-the-president-article-102a-person-to-qualify-for-election-as-p/773936029370219/ |title = Constitution of The Republic of Uganda on Facebook  |website=[[Facebook]]}}{{cbignore}}{{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.helplinelaw.com/law/uganda/constitution/constitution08.php|title = Uganda}}</ref>

== State House ==

[[State House (Uganda)|State House]] is the [[official residence]] of the president of Uganda. The main State House was constructed in 1925 during the governorship of Sir [[Geoffrey Archer (colonial administrator)|Geoffrey Archer]] at [[Entebbe]] the then capital to serve as the official viceregal residence ([[Government House]]) of the [[Governor of Uganda]]. After the country gained independence in 1962, the residence continued to be the official residence of the president of the Republic of Uganda. However, it was first inhabited by Sir [[William Frederick Gowers]], while the second State House is at [[Nakasero]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=State House of Uganda |url=https://www.ugandahighcommissionpretoria.com/State-House.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120011448/http://www.ugandahighcommissionpretoria.com/State-House.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=January 20, 2022 |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=www.ugandahighcommissionpretoria.com}}</ref>

==See also==

*[[List of heads of state of Uganda]]
*[[Vice President of Uganda]]
*[[Prime Minister of Uganda]]
*[[Politics of Uganda]]
*[[History of Uganda]]
*[[List of political parties in Uganda]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.statehouse.go.ug/ State House of the Republic of Uganda] official site
*[http://www.ugpulse.com/search.asp?ugaSrch=uganda+elections Uganda Elections 2006: Coverage on UGPulse]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20041021031648/http://www.cwm-uganda.org/uganda/rulers.htm Uganda's Rulers Past and Present], Children's Welfare Mission, Uganda
*[https://www.youtube.com/tomska More about Uganda's current President] Youtube's Channel

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