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'''Parents''':<br>| parents=Andreas Nyabire and Assa Aatte| religion =[[Islam]]

General '''Idi Amin Dada''' (1923 - May 17, 1928 &ndash; August 16, 2003) (commonly known as '''Idi Amin''') was the [[Muslim]]<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3156011.stm The Idi Amin I knew - BBC]</ref> [[dictator]] of [[Uganda]] for eight years in the 1970s. 

In the tenure of [[Milton Obote]] Amin was the captain, the colonel, the general and later the general staff chief. In 1971 he coup in power and overthrew Obote. In 1970 the British government established [[gun control]] laws which aided in Idi Amin's ability to hold power to 1979. He executed mass [[genocide]]s against his people, especially intelectuallsintelectuals, Christians and supporters of Obote, in order to stay in power and suffered from extreme [[paranoia]] and arrogance. His efforts and [[ideology]] spread to neighboring countries such as [[Rwanda]], [[Burundi]] and [[Tanzania]]. In his tenure he attacked Tanzania two times with the help of [[Muammar al-Gaddafi]]. Amin was hostile to [[Israel]]. He protected the terrorist organizations [[Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine]] and the [[Revolutionary Cells]] which hijacked a civilian airplane which was flown to [[Entebbe]]. When he was threatened by [[UN|United Nations]] forces with the possibility of a trial for [[crimes against humanity]], he fled to the [[Middle East]] where he was harbored for 25 years without punishment until the end of his natural life. Under his rule, more than 300,000 oppositionals were killed.