Uganda By dwlehrhardt Period: 1950 to 1950 x 1962 Mutesa II president 1962 Independence 1962 Obote prime minister 1966 Constitution suspended 1969 Common man's charter published 1970 Plans for electoral democracy 1970 Idi Amin coup 1972 Expulsion of Asian residents 1978 Attack on Tanzania 1979 Yusufu Lule president 1980 Obote returns as president 1985 Tito Okello president 1986 Yoweri Museveni president 1988 Joseph Kony starts LRA Period: 1988 to 2023 LRA conflict 1995 Constitution restores monarchies 2000 Oil discovered 2005 East African Community customs union 2005 ICJ rules DRC intervention unlawful 2006 Museveni wins elections 2008 LRA pushed out of Uganda 2011 Museveni wins elections 2013 Uganda intervention South Sudan 2016 Museveni wins elections 2017 Constitution amended for Museveni 2021 Museveni defeats Bobi Wine
