Prime Minister of Uganda

Prime Minister of the Republic of Uganda
Coat of arms of Uganda
Incumbent Robinah Nabbanja since 21 June 2021
Appointer	Yoweri Museveni, as President of Uganda
Inaugural holder	Milton Obote
Formation	9 October 1962

The Prime Minister of Uganda is in charge of the Cabinet of Uganda, although the President is the effective head of government. Robinah Nabbanja has been the Prime Minister since 21 June 2021.

The post of Prime Minister was created for the first time in 1962. In 1966, Prime Minister Milton Obote suspended the Constitution, abolished the post of Prime Minister, and declared himself President. In 1980, the post of Prime Minister was re-established.

List of officeholders

Political parties

  Democratic Party (DP)

  Uganda People's Congress (UPC)

  National Resistance Movement (NRM)

Other factions

  Independent

Status

  Denotes acting prime minister

Chief minister of Uganda Protectorate

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Term of office			Political party	Monarch
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Benedicto Kiwanuka (1922–1972)	1961	2 July 1961	1 March 1962	242 days	DP	Elizabeth II

Prime ministers of Uganda Protectorate

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Term of office			Political party	Monarch
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Benedicto Kiwanuka (1922–1972)	—	1 March 1962	30 April 1962	60 days	DP	Elizabeth II
2		Milton Obote (1925–2005)	1962	30 April 1962	9 October 1962	162 days	UPC

Prime ministers of Uganda

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Term of office			Political party	Head(s) of state
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Milton Obote (1925–2005)	—	9 October 1962	9 October 1963	3 years, 144 days	UPC	Elizabeth II
				9 October 1963	2 March 1966			Mutesa
			—	2 March 1966	15 April 1966	44 days		Himself
Post abolished (15 April 1966 – 18 December 1980)
2		Otema Allimadi (1929–2001)	1980	18 December 1980	27 July 1985 (Deposed in coup)	4 years, 221 days	UPC	Obote
3		Paulo Muwanga (1921–1991)	—	1 August 1985	25 August 1985	24 days	Independent	Okello
4		Abraham Waligo (1928–2000)	—	25 August 1985	26 January 1986 (Deposed in coup)	154 days	Independent
5		Samson Kisekka (1912–1999)	1989	30 January 1986	22 January 1991	4 years, 357 days	NRM	Museveni
6		George Cosmas Adyebo (1947–2000)	1994	22 January 1991	18 November 1994	3 years, 300 days	NRM
7		Kintu Musoke (born 1938)	1996	18 November 1994	5 April 1999	4 years, 138 days	NRM
8		Apolo Nsibambi (1940–2019)	2001 2006 2011	5 April 1999	24 May 2011	12 years, 49 days	NRM
9		Amama Mbabazi (born 1949)	—	24 May 2011	18 September 2014	3 years, 117 days	NRM
10		Ruhakana Rugunda (born 1947)	2016 2021	18 September 2014	21 June 2021	6 years, 276 days	NRM
11		Robinah Nabbanja (born 1969)	—	21 June 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 164 days	NRM