Ugandan physician and Prime Minister from 2014–2021
The Right Honourable
Ruhakana Rugunda
Rugunda at the World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 2015
Prime Minister of Uganda
In office 18 September 2014 – 21 June 2021
President
Yoweri Museveni
Deputy
Moses Ali Kirunda Kivejinja
Preceded by
Amama Mbabazi
Succeeded by
Robinah Nabbanja
Personal details
Born
(1947-11-07) 7 November 1947 (age 76) Kabale, Uganda
Political party
National Resistance Movement
Spouse
Jocelyn Rugunda
Children
4
Alma mater
Makerere University University of Zambia University of California, Berkeley
Ruhakana Rugunda (born 7 November 1947) is a Ugandan physician and politician who was Prime Minister of Uganda from 2014 to 2021. He held a long series of cabinet posts under President Yoweri Museveni beginning in 1986. He served as Uganda's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1994 to 1996, and Minister of Internal Affairs from 2003 to 2009. Subsequently, he was Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 2009 to 2011 and Minister of Health from 2013 to 2014.[1]
He was appointed as Prime Minister on 18 September 2014 to 21 June 2021. He replaced Amama Mbabazi, who was dropped from the Cabinet.[2]
Harvard University published a case study profiling Rugunda's role in peace talks with the Lord's Resistance Army, called "Giving Peace a Chance: The 2006-2008 Negotiations to End the Conflict in Northern Uganda".
^Parliament of Uganda (2016). "Parliament of Uganda Members of the 10th Parliament: Ruhakana Rugunda, Ex-Officio Member". Kampala: Parliament of Uganda. Archived from the original on 19 June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
^New Vision (19 September 2014). "Ruhakana Rugunda New Prime Minister". New Vision. Kampala. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
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