Isaac Maliyamungu inspecting captured Tanzanian vehicles, 1978
General Staff Officer I Grade responsible for training and operations
In office 1970s–1979
President
Idi Amin
Personal details
Died
February 1984 Democratic Republic of Sudan
Relations
Idi Amin
Nickname
"Bad omen"
Military service
Allegiance
Uganda
Branch/service
Uganda Army (UA)
Years of service
1967 – 1979
Rank
Brigadier
Commands
VIP Protection Unit Second Infantry Battalion Simba Battalion[1] Eagle Colonel Gaddafi Battalion
Battles/wars
1972 invasion of Uganda
Uganda–Tanzania War
Battle of Masaka
Battle of Lukaya
Ugandan Bush War
Isaac Maliyamungu,[a] (died February 1984) also known as Isaac Lugonzo,[7] was a Ugandan military officer who served as one of President Idi Amin's most important officials and supporters during the Ugandan military dictatorship of 1971–79. Born in the Congo, Maliyamungu was one of the members of the 1971 coup that brought Amin to power, and was thereafter responsible for brutally suppressing dissidents throughout the country. Rising through the ranks, Maliyamungu amassed great power and earned a feared reputation. He was responsible for the mass murder of civilians and soldiers suspected of being disloyal to Amin.
As the Ugandan military dictatorship weakened and Amin's support eroded among the country's masses and elite, Maliyamungu was one of his few remaining trusted confidants. After the Uganda–Tanzania War's outbreak in 1978, Maliyamungu held important military commands, but had little success in combat against the Tanzania People's Defence Force. When the Tanzanians and their Ugandan rebel allies overthrew Amin's government in 1979, Maliyamungu fled to Zaire, where he intended to become a businessman. In the following year, he and other Uganda Army (UA) commanders assembled a rebel force with which they invaded northwestern Uganda, starting the Ugandan Bush War. Maliyamungu died of poisoning in Sudan in 1984.
^State Department 2005, SUBJECT: ARMY PROMOTIONS.
^Cooper & Fontanellaz 2015, p. 30.
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^Decalo 2019, The Collapse of a Dictator.
^Seftel 2010, p. 195.
^Legum 1979, p. B-445.
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