Miria Obote | |
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| First Lady of Uganda | |
| In office 17 December 1980 – 27 July 1985 | |
| President | Milton Obote |
| In office 15 April 1966 – 25 January 1971 | |
| President | Milton Obote |
| Succeeded by | Sarah Kyolaba |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Miria Kalule 16 July 1936 Kampala, Uganda Protectorate |
Miria Obote (née Kalule; born 16 July 1936) is a Ugandan politician who was first lady of Uganda, and widow of former Prime Minister and President Milton Obote. She was a candidate in the 2006 Ugandan general election. [1]
Background and Education
Miria Kalule was born in Kawempe, to Bulasio Kalule, a civil servant who worked with the Department of Road Maintenance in the Ministry of Works [2] and his wife Malita. [3]
She attended Gayaza High School and later Makerere University. [4] [5]
Miria Obote returned to Uganda from Zambia in October 2005, [6] after 20 years in exile, to bury her husband. [7] Two months later, she was elected as head of the Uganda People's Congress (UPC) and as its presidential candidate for the next election. The UPC was founded by her husband [8] and led by him until his death. She garnered 0.6% of the vote in the February 23, 2006 presidential election, which was won by the sitting president, Yoweri Museveni.
Personal life
Miria married Milton Obote in November 1963 [9] [10] and they had 4 children between them including Jimmy Akena, a Member of Parliament representing Lira Municipality. [11]
Her husband, Milton Obote, died on 10 October 2005 in Johannesburg, South Africa, at the age of 79; and received a state funeral in Kampala, Uganda, attended by President Yoweri Museveni. [12] [13]
References
- Walking in Obote’s shadow, The Monitor, December 21, 2005.
- ^ Dunleavy, Patrick; Diwakar, Rekha (2011-09-11). "Analysing multiparty competition in plurality rule elections" (PDF). Party Politics. 19 (6): 855–886. doi: 10.1177/1354068811411026. ISSN 1354-0688. S2CID 18840573.
- ^ "Miria shared a life with Obote for 40 years". www.newvision.co.ug. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
- ^ @watchdoguganda (2018-11-16). "Miria Kalule Obote fights for life to retain record as the only living former First Lady". Watchdog Uganda. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
- ^ "The First Lady who dared to replace her husband". www.newvision.co.ug. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
- ^ Independent, The (2012-07-01). "Meeting Mama Miria". The Independent Uganda. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
- ^ "Miria shared a life with Obote for 40 years". www.newvision.co.ug. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
- ^ "Obote buried in Ugandan home town". 2005-10-24. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
- ^ Independent, The (2015-07-19). "Like Obote, like son". The Independent Uganda. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
- ^ "UPC ..::|::.. Uganda Peoples Congress". www.upcparty.net. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
- ^ "The First Lady who dared to replace her husband". www.newvision.co.ug. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
- ^ "Parliament of Uganda". www.parliament.go.ug. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
- ^ Nye, Louis (12 October 2005). "Obituaries: Milton Obote of Uganda". The New York Times.
- ^ Marshall, Julian (11 October 2005). "Milton Obote". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077.
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